Lot 829. A small brown-glazed ribbed jar, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 10,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The globular body is raised on a slightly splayed foot and the neck is flanked by two strap handles. The sides are applied with four groups of two slender lines of creamy-white slip to form raised, vertical ribs. The jar is covered inside and out with a brownish-black glaze suffused with yellowish-russet mottling which stops above the unglazed foot, and thins to a brownish color at the edges, Japanese double wood box.