Lot 638. Two Qingbai bowls, Song dynasty (960–1279). Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

one with thin rounded sides terminating in an unglazed rim, carved to the center well with a foliate spray covered with a translucent pale blue glaze, the second with shallower sides and raised on a splayed pedestal foot, applied with a pale blue glaze; together with a thin-walled foliate rim conical bowl, Yaozhou kilns, Northern Song dynasty, the pale gray body covered with a pale bluish-gray glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot (3). Largest Diameter 5 in., 12.8 cm

Provenance: Collection of Pauline B. (1910-2000) and Myron S. (1906-1992) Falk Jr., New York.
Christie's New York, 21st September 2001, lot 464.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 14 Mar 2017, 10:30 AM