A molded qingbai bowl imitating Dingyao, Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century. Estimate US$ 8,000 - 12,000 (€7,100 - 11,000). Photo Bonhams.

Thinly formed with a wide curving well raised on a short and narrow foot ring, the interior walls molded with a leiwen band above alternating phoenix and peony blossoms filling the walls and a lotus plant across the floor, all in shallow raised relief beneath a dark gray-green glaze, the rim now bound in copper.7 1/8in (18.3cm) diameter

Notes: For Jin period Dingyao prototypes and other examples of qingbai adaptations made at Southern kilns during the 13th to 14th centuries, see the National Palace Museum exhibition Dingzhou Hua Ci (Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou), 2014, cat. nos. II-149 to II-150, pp. 216-219; and III-3 to III-4, pp. 244-245.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 23 Jun 2015 10:00 PDT - SAN FRANCISCO