Lot 1132. A small carved Ding 'day lily' bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century, 3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 15,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The bowl is delicately potted with rounded walls rising from the narrow foot and flaring slightly to the rim, and is crisply carved on the interior with a day lily sprig, all under even ivory-white glaze with the exception of the mouth rim. 

Provenance: E & J Frankel, New York, 17 September 1997.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.