A KOREAN SLIP-PAINTED CELADON OIL JAR KORYO DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY

the compressed globular body rising from a tapered foot to a narrow waisted neck sweeping up to a galleried rim, the shoulder decorated in black and white slip with three dotted florets between dots and vertical strokes, covered overall in a sea-green glaze suffused with a golden crackle

Dunt King, Hong Kong, 1958.
Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1958 (£7:10).
Collection of Roger Pilkington (1928-69), from 1958 (£12:10).