Lot 71. A small 'Longquan' celadon petal-lobed bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279);  9.3cm., 3 5/8 in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 11,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

delicately potted with rounded, vertically-lobed sides rising from a small foot ring, covered all over with a luminous glaze of sea-green tone suffused with a network of icy crackle, the interior of the foot similarly glazed.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014