Lot 217. A large white stoneware bowl, Tang dynasty (618-907), 17.8cm., 7in.. Estimate 800 - 1,200 GBP. Lot sold 6,250 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

of metal shape, the gently waisted sides rising from a curved base and short spreading foot to an everted flaring rim, covered overall in an ivory-white glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the white slip.

Exhibited: The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no.199.

Literature: 'Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao', The Bulletin of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 25, 1953, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 51, fig. 46.