A large carved Yaozhou celadon bowl, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127). Estimate $8,000 – $12,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The bowl, with deep, conical sides that flare to an up-curved rim, is well carved on the interior with a peony blossom surrounded by six leaves below a line border, and on the exterior with a broad band of simplified petals rising to a line border, all under a glaze of dark olive-green color that ends in a line at the unglazed foot. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 28 May 1991, lot 211.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza