Lot 866. A large carved dingyao floral bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); Diameter 25.5 cm. Estimated price €15.000 - €25.000. Result: €17.500. © Lempertz.

With wide flaring rounded sides rising from a narrow foot, the interior carved with a lotus blossom and leafy scrolling branches, covered overall with an ivory-white glaze. The rim bound with copper.

Provenance: Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s, and thence by descent.