Lot 212. A 'Xing' waterpot, Tang dynasty (618-907), 9cm, 3 1/2 in. Estimate 2,000 - 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 16,100 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. 

the finely potted compressed globular body rising from a short straight foot to an incurved broad mouth, incised around the exterior with a lotus-lappet scroll and covered overall in an ivory-white glaze.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 307.

The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 48.

Sotheby's. Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, Early Gold and Silver; Early Chinese White, Green and Black Wares, London, 14 May 2008