Lot 444. A black-glazed vase, Tang dynasty (618-907); 12.5cm., 4 7/8 in. Estimate 400 — 600 GBP. Lot Sold 10,625 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the baluster body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck with cup-shaped mouth, covered overall in a dark chocolate-brown glaze draining to a buff tone at the rim.

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London (according to label).

Exhibited: Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 373.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 05 Nov 08. London