NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

It is very rare to find a vase of this type decorated with flowers on the sides of the neck as well as on the body. A comparable vase, similar in form but lacking the extra flowers on the neck, was sold at Christie’s New York, Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, lot 806 (fig. 1).