Lot 7. A white-glazed handled jar, Tang dynasty. http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2016/08/11/34181328.html. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 93,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's

the ovoid body supported on a solid splayed foot, set on the rounded shoulders with four double-stranded lug handles joining the short straight neck, covered overall with a finely crackled translucent glaze of pale greenish tinge, stopping short of the base to reveal the buff white body, Japanese wood box (3)

Notes: Similar jars of this size include one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 153; one formerly in the collection of Mrs. Walter Sedgwick, included in the exhibition The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 177; one with a cover, in the collection of the Royal Ontatio Museum, illustrated in Yutaka Mino, Pre-Sung Dynasty Chinese Stonewares, Toronto, 1974, pl. 31; and a fourth formerly in the collection of Eugene Bernat, sold in these rooms, 5th August 1981, lot 136.   

Sotheby's. Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor: Early Chinese Art, New York, 13 Sep 2016, 10:00 AM