A 'Henan' black-glazed ribbed jar, Northern Song Dynasty - Photo Sotheby's
the body of almost globular form, applied with closely spaced vertical ribs, the thick black glaze leaving the ribs with a thin greenish-gloss and falling short of the slightly splayed foot, the wide mouth with very short neck and unglazed knife-pared rim, the interior with a thick brown glaze, Japanese wood box (4); Height 4 3/8 in., 11cm - Estimation: 2,000 - 3,000 USD
PROVENANCE: Kitayama Fine Arts, Tokyo, acquired in the 1970s.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 19 mars 2013 - www.sothebys.com