Lot 559. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'Lotus' bowl, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 16cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 GBP. Lot sold 16,250 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2008.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an incurved mouth, carved around the exterior with over-lapping lotus petals and covered overall with a soft bluish-green glaze suffused with crackles, the rim metal bound. 

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 121.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 05 Nov 08.