Lot 549. A rare Jun vase, Song dynasty (960-1279). height 8 3/8 in., 21.3 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 62,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of elegant pear shape, the sides tapering sharply to the waisted neck flaring toward the rim, supported on a high pierced pedestal with ring foot and five leaf-shaped legs with apertures, covered with a thick blue glaze thinning to olive at the rim and over the raised parts, and falling short of the foot ring showing the body burnt to a reddish brown.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 29th November 1993, lot 235.