Lot 3, A small ‘Jun’ saucer dish, Song dynasty. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD (5,847 - 8,186 EUR). Lot Sold 400,000 HKD (45,157 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's

with shallow rounded sides resting on a tapering knife-pared foot, covered overall in a milky lavender-blue glaze suffused with a network of golden crackles, the glaze thinning to a mushroom tone around the rim and stopping unevenly around the footring, revealing a greyish buff body; 11.9 cm, 4 3/4  in.

Provenance: Collection of K.T. Powell, until 1963 
Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1963 (£120).
Collection of R.G. Hill, from 1964 to 1966 (£165)
Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1966 (£140).
Collection of Roger Pilkington (1928-69), from 1966 (£220).

Note: Compare a dish of similar form, sold in our New York rooms, 16th September 2014, lot 113; and a slightly larger one, from the Mount Trust collection, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Sung Dynasty Wares. Chün and Brown Glazes, London, 1952, cat. no. 11, and sold at Christie’s New York, 25th March 1998, lot 163. See also a small dish of similar shape, but with purple splashes and attributed to the Yuan dynasty, illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, vol. 1, Geneva, 1968, pl. A 44.

Sotheby's. The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 06 Apr 2016, 10:00 AM