Lot 1425, A sancai-glazed pottery quatrefoil dish, Liao dynasty. Estimate USD 4,000 ~ 6,000. Photo Sotheby's

 of oblong shape with shallow sides rising to an everted barbed rim, the interior impressed with three lotus blossoms in amber glaze, against a green ground molded with wave patterns, the unglazed base partially revealing a layer of white slip. Length 10 5/8  in., 27 cm

Provenance: Collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967).
Sotheby's Paris, 18th December 2008, lot 151 (part lot).