Vase, with short neck above a ribbed tapering cylindrical body, with russet and brown glaze, exposed lower foot, h 30cm Provenance: Purchased between 1938- 1970, The Estate of the Late Walter Hochstadter, hence by descent. A large number of the Hochstadter Collection was sold at Christies 18th/19th March 2009. See Christies write up about Walter in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art including Jades from the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19th March 2009. Also see Christies, New York, The Falk Collection I, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Thursday, 20th September, 2001. Reference: "Song Ceramics", South East Asia Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1983, Cat & Plat 168, p.153 for similar example