Lot 10, A ‘Cizhou’ ‘Juluxian’ bowl, Song dynasty. Estimate HK$12,000 — 18,000 (€1,403 - 2,105). Lot sold 437,500 HKD (49,390 EUR). Photo Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides rising from a neatly cut foot to a gently flaring rim, the interior with six vertical raised ribs radiating from the centre, covered in a white slip that stops well above the foot, and a milky, translucent glaze, revealing the greyish body at the foot, suffused with a network of golden-beige crackle - 12.5 cm, 5 in.

Provenance: Mathias Komor, New York, 1958.
Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 1958 (£25).
Collection of Roger Pilkington (1928-69), from 1959 (£45).

Note: With its pleasing proportions, milky white slip and crazed transparent glaze, this piece is closely related to a group of early 'Cizhou' wares recovered from Juluxian, a Song dynasty town in Hebei province that was flooded and destroyed by the Yellow River in AD 1108. Wares from this site are generally plain with attractive red-stained crazes, which were formed due to a prolonged exposure to the reddish-yellow earth of the area.

A slightly larger bowl of this type, similarly modelled with a tall foot, from the Gustav Lindberg collection, was sold in our London rooms, 12th December 1978, lot 137; and another was sold at Christie’s London, 5th April 1976, lot 12.

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