Lot 1311. A Qingbai carved petal-lobed dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Photo: Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The center is carved with a leafy peony stem below ribs of slip that rise to the six notches in the flower-form rim, and the dish is covered inside and out with a glaze of aqua tone. Together with aqingbai molded bowl, which is molded in the center with a pair of mandarin ducks in flight below six panels of flowers in vases or jardinières molded on the deep sides, and is covered inside and out with a bluish glaze below the unglazed rim. 5 ¾ and 7 1/16 in. (14.5 and 18 cm.) diam.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza