Lot 1282. A brown-striped globular jar, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127); 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The high-shouldered, tapering globular body is decorated in brown with five groups of vertical stripes, each group composed of seven stripes, on an ivory-white ground applied over a white slip that ends above the foot and at the edge of the unglazed mouth rim exposing the coarse, buff ware. The interior is covered with a clear glaze. 

Provenance: Priestley and Ferraro, London, 28 March 2003. 
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 - 14 September 2018