Lot 1168. A rare pair of carved Qingbai 'Day Lily' vases, Song Dynasty (AD 960-1279), 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 40,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

Each vase is elegantly carved and combed on the tapering body with day lilies below the tall, ringed neck and the widely everted mouth, and is covered with a translucent glaze of pale greenish-blue tone pooling in the recessed areas, cloth box.

Note: The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test, P106y63, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York