Lot 543. A celadon-glazed funeral jar and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); 26cm., 10 1/4 in. Estimate 300 — 400 GBP. Lot sold 3,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008

the robustly potted baluster body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall neck with cup-shaped mouth, the voluted domed cover surmounted by a bird finial, all covered in a pale olive-green glaze. Quantity: 2.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 64.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 05 Nov 2008