Lot 548. A celadon-glazed 'lotus' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 16.5cm., 6 1/2 in. Estimate 600 — 800 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, freely carved to the interior with leafy stems of lotus and covered overall in a sea-green glaze.

Provenance: F. Low-Beer & Co., New York

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 123.