Lot 304. A 'Ding' persimmon-glazed jar, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 12 cm, 5 1/2  in. Estimate £6,000 — 8,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.

 the ovoid body rising from a flat foot and countersunk base to a rounded shoulder and lipped rim, covered overall in a russet-brown glaze stopping neatly around the foot to reveal the buff-gray body.