Lot 1104. A Yueyao globular vase, Western Jin dynasty (265-317). Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 4,000. Price realised USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 

The globular body raised on a spreading foot and encircled by bands of grooves and rings above three Buddha-form appliques, with a waisted neck and everted mouth with galleried rim, covered with a glaze of greyish-olive color; together with a small Yueyao compressed jar, Western Jin dynasty, impressed with a band of diamond pattern on the shoulder, raised on a shallow spreading foot, covered with a glaze of greyish-green color. Vase 5½ in. (14 cm.) high, jar 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) across (2)

Provenance: Both: Sotheby's, New York, 15 June 1983, lot 140.   

Christie's. Magnificent Qing Monochrome Porcelains and Earlier Works of Art from the Gordon Collection, 24 March 2011, New York