Lot 1469. A Qingbai carved petal-lobed bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 7 in. (18 cm.) diam. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000. Price Realized $6,875. photo Christie's Ltd 2011

The slightly rounded, flared sides rising to the slightly everted, petal-lobed rim cut with six notches, the interior carved with a leafy, scrolling stem bearing three flowers reserved on a rouletted ground below a single line border, covered overall with a glaze of pale aqua color that continues over the tapered foot ring and ends in a circle around the unglazed center of the base burnt pale brown in the firing, stand.

Provenance: Greenwald Collection no. 32.

Literature: Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 32. 

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I & II,  15 - 16 September 2011. New York, Rockefeller Plaza.