A CIZHOU BLACK-GLAZED VASE, MEIPING, SONG DYNASTYChina, 960-1279. The elegant form supported on a short foot and surmounted by a short cylindrical neck with a flaring rim, covered to the exterior and interior with an even dark-brown, almost black glaze stopping irregularly above the foot, forming drops, and revealing the buff ware burnt orange in the firing.Provenance: From the private collection of a professor emeritus of archeology at the University of Minnesota, USA, who was also a consultant for several museums in the United States. An old inventory number, ‘L.1757.2’, lacquered to the foot, indicating a prior museum deaccession.Condition: Good condition with expected old wear, few small chips, a small repair to the rim, and manufacturing flaws including glaze recesses, pottery lines, and slight warping.Weight: 671.7 gDimensions: Height 22.1 cmAuction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 July 2021, lot 5087Price: HKD 151,200 or approx.EUR 19,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Cizhou black-glazed meiping, Song dynastyExpert remark:pare the related form and closely related glaze. Note the size (31 cm).宋代磁州窯黑釉梅瓶中國，960-1279年。梅瓶小口，短頸，豐肩，瘦底，圈足，外壁施黑釉，足部露胎成橘色。