Lot 523. A 'Yaozhou' saucer-dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); 10cm., 3 7/8 in. Estimate 750 — 1,000 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2008

the gently curved lobed sides rising from a recessed base to an everted rim, moulded to the interior with a peony medallion and encircled in each of the six lobes with a similar peony spray, covered overall with an even olive glaze.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl.68.

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