Lot 521. A rare 'Henan' black-glazed vase, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); height 10 7/8 in., 27.6 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 122,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the ovoid body supported on a straight foot surmounted by a petite slightly tapered neck rising to an everted lipped rim, the shoulders set with four ribbed loop handles, boldly painted around the body with a flowering leafy spray in a russet-brown slip on a thick black ground ending neatly in an even line above the unglazed foot.

Provenance: Mathias Komor, New York, 1950.
Georges de Batz Collection.
Christie's New York, 30th November 1983, lot 355.

Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 march 2011