Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 31 January 2003.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.

Note: The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C103a3 is consistent with the dating of this lot. 

An amber-glazed vase of similar form, but without a cover, was excavated in 1977 from a tomb identified as Khitan, and is illustrated in Wenwu, 1983, no. 9, pl. 2. Compare, also, a related vase and cover dated to the Liao dynasty, illustrated by Zhang Bai, Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Vol. 4: Inner Mongolia, Beijing, 2008, p. 111, no. 111. Two other vases, one with a related neck and both with related glazes, are illustrated ibid., p. 95 and 97, nos. 95 and 97.