Lot 102. A tixi-lacquer silver-mounted bowl, Song dynasty. Diameter 4 1/2  in., 10.8 cm. Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's

the rounded sides rising from a raised foot to an everted rim, the exterior deeply carved with a ruyi-cloud scroll exposing the multiple layers of black and red to a yellow ground, the interior lined with an alloy with a silver-mounted mouth rim and base. 

NOTE: Similar examples have been excavated from tombs dated to the northern Song period, see Zhongguo qiqi quanji (Corpus of Chinese Lacquers), vol. 4: Three Kingdoms to Yuan Dynasty, Fuzhou, 1998, no. 119; Similar lacquer cups, tea container, dish and box are illustrated in Simon Kwan, Chinese Lacquer (The Muwen Tang Collection Series - Volume 20), Hong Kong, 2012, nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 19 mars 2013 - www.sothebys.com