A Ge-type barbed-rim dish, Ming dynasty, 15th century. Estimate HK$200,000 - HK$300,000 ($25,928 - $38,892). Price Realized HK$812,500 ($105,307). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The dish is potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to a flared barbed-rim, covered under a greyish-cream glaze with a dense network of dark brown crackles interspersed with light brown crackles, bound with a metal rim. 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Dr. Hugh Shire (d. 1976) 

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, Ju and Kuan Wares: Imperial Wares of the Sung Dynasty, Related Wares and Derivatives of Later Date, 12-13 December 1952, Catalogue, no. 86

Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 6 October 2015, 22nd Floor