A Chinese brush washer, Northern Song dynasty (960‑1127). Photo courtesy Uppsala Auktion.

Of round form, based on a metal-inspired shape, the rounded sides rising from a short foot to a wide rim flanked on one side by an ogee-shaped handle, incised on top of the handle with a decoration, and around the exterior of the bowl with a further decoration, covered overall in a white glaze. Diameter: 10.5 cm. Estimate: SEK 50.000 - 60.000 (EUR 5.500 - 6.600). Hammer price: SEK 80.000

Provenance: The collection of Karl E. and Tove Strömstad, Oslo.
Acquired at Sothebys, London, 7th June 1994, lot nr 228.

Illustrated in the catalogue The World in Monochromes – The Oriental Ceramic Society, no 99, p.49. Where it is catalogued as follows: 99 – DISH WITH SIDE HANDLE MADE IN IMITATION OF SILVERWARE, porcelain with moulded decoration and transparent glaze. CHINA, HUOZHOU. Northern Song (960‑1127). Diameter: 10.5 cm.

Compare a similar shaped bowl in Junyao ware exhibited, The Ceramic Art of China, Victoria and Albert Museum, pl. 53, no. 80.

Exhibited: The World in Monochromes, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London 15 April - 20 June 2009, catalogue nr 99, illustrated on page 49.

Uppsala Auktion, 13 june 2014. www.uppsalaauktion.se