Lot 712. A miniature black-glazed ewer, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234);3 in. (7.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The ewer is delicately potted with irregular fluted sides applied with a short spout, rising to a narrow waisted neck and flaring widely to an everted rim that is flanked by a high arched handle. It is covered with a slightly mottled dark brown glaze thinning to russet at the rim and falling in an irregular line above the unglazed foot. The raised ridges of the lobed sides are applied with white slip forming ten slim vertical lines to the body, Japanese wood box

Provenance: Mayuyama, Tokyo.
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo. 

Literature: Sen-oku Hakuko kan, Tokubetsuten Chuugoku tooji bi o miru kokoro (Special Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics), Tokyo, 2006, no. 27. 
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006, p. 68, no. 88. 
Christie’s, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics, An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 90, no. 30.

Exhibited: Sen-oku Hakuko kan, Tokyo, Tokubetsuten Chuugoku tooji bi o miru kokoro (Special Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics), 2006. 
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, 2006. 
Christie’s, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013. 

Note: A closely related miniature Cizhou black-glazed ewer of comparable size (7 cm. high), from the Cunliffe Collection, was sold at Bonham’s London, 11 November 2002, lot 34.

Christie's. The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: The Linyushanren Collection, Part II. 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza