Lot 813. A rare sgraffito Cizhou-type vase, meiping, Jin-Yuan Dynasty (1115-1368). Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The tapering vase is carved through the creamy-white slip to the buff-colored ground with a broad band of floral scroll above a band of leaf scroll and a band of upturned petal lappets above the foot, all under a clear glaze. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high.

Provenance: Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) Collection. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1926.

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza