Lot 83. A large 'Ding' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 10 5/8  in., 27 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Lot sold 62,500 USD.Photo: Sotheby's.

the gently curved sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior sides molded with six radiating lines for a lobed effect, covered overall in a creamy ivory glaze, the rim bound in metal.

Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (1870-1969), Boston, Massachusetts, and thence by descent.