Lot 92. A 'Jizhou' 'Plum Blossom' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 4 7/8  in., 12.4 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 16,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a grooved rim, the interior with two birds each perched on a plum blossom branch reserved in rich dark brown against the densely variegated buff ground, the exterior applied with a 'tortoiseshell' glaze of dark brown color mottled in beige stopping short of the knife-pared foot.  

Sotheby's. Song Tradition: Early Ceramics from the Yang De Tang Collection. New York, 17 march 2015, 11:00 AM