Lot 108. An iron-brown-decorated teadust-glazed vase, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Height 7 ¾ in., 19.7 cm. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold: 6,048 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the slightly compressed globular body rising from a recessed base to a short neck set with a flange below the lipped rim, freely painted around the shoulder in iron-oxide with two abstract designs of flower sprays, reserved on a speckled teadust-brown glaze save for the foot ring to reveal the buff-colored stoneware body.

Property from a Boston Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021