Lot 536. A fine reserve-decorated 'Jizhou' jar, Song dynasty (960-1279); height 3 5/8 in., 9.2 cm. Estimate 12,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 17,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the globular body surmounted by a galleried neck and broad mouth with lipped rim, supported on a small foot, decorated around the sides with two registers of six-petaled blooms reserved on a rich dark brown ground, the underside unglazed revealing the buff body.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th June 1991, lot 128.

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