Lot 516. A 'Yue' fruit-shaped box and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); 8.2cm., 3 1/4 in. Estimate 350 — 450 GBP. Lot sold 3,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2008

the circular box with rounded sides rising from a recessed base, the domed cover carved with large petal and surmounted by a stalk finial, covered overall in an olive-green glaze. Quantity: 2

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl.39.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 05 Nov 2008