Lot 530. A Longquan' celadon 'Lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279); 12.6cm., 5in. Estimate 1,500 — 2,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008

the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly incurved broad mouth, carved around the exterior with over-lapping lotus petals and covered overall with a soft bluish-green glaze save for the rim and footring burnt orange in firing.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 122

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