A 'Longquan' celadon bowl, Ming dynasty. Photo Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides carved to the exterior with two bands of narrow upright petals below a classic scroll around the mouth rim, the interior with a mallow floret in the center and a key-fret band below the mouth rim, covered overall with a lustrous glaze of olive-green color, the base with an unglazed ring burnt orange during firing Diameter 8 1/4  in., 20.9 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 10,000

PROVENANCE: Old Japanese Collection since the 1950s

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013 www.sothebys.com