Lot 607. A 'Ding' lobed bowl, Five dynasties – Northern Song dynasty. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 HKD (3,434 - 4,578 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's. 

with gently rounded sides, the sides divided into five lobed with pinched notches on the rim extending to a vertical groove beneath, evenly covered overall with an ivory-coloured transparent glaze pooling in characteristic teardrops down the exterior; 16.2 cm, 6 3/8  in. 

Note: The Japanese wood box was inscribed by Ryoichi Fujioka (1901-91).