Lot 3246. A Dingyao carved hexalobed dish, Northern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam. Estimate $12,000 - $18,000. Price Realized $52,500 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The dish, with shallow, rounded sides, is carved in the center with a lotus blossom borne on a leafy stem below six thin ribs of slip applied to the sides and the everted, petal-lobed rim where they end at the unglazed edge, and is covered overall with a glaze of creamy white tone that continues onto the base. 

Provenance: Christie's London, 10 December 1990, lot 100.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza