A 'Yaozhou' 'lotus' bowl, Northern  Song dynasty. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 HKD (3,399 - 4,532 EUR).  Photo Sotheby's.

elegantly potted with wide everted sides rising from a tapered foot to an upright rim, decorated on the cavetto with two lotus blooms borne on a meandering leafy scroll, applied overall with an olive-green glaze pooling to dark green in the recesses and thinning to light brown at the rim, stopping short above the neatly cut foot revealing a greyish ware - 19.5 cm., 7 5/8  in.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 déc. 2015, 02:00 PM