Lot 626. A Qingbai 'Boys and lotus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 7 1/8 in., 18.1 cm. Estimate: US$20,000 - US$30,000. Lot Sold 37,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of conical form, the thinly-potted vessel with wide flaring sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a gently everted hexalobed rim, the interior with three boys each playfully grasping the long sinuous stem of a leafing lush lotus meander, the petals with furled edges and freely incised with stylized wavy veins, applied overall with a translucent lustrous pale bluish-green glaze pooling to a deeper tone in the recesses, the glaze stopping neatly at the foot, the unglazed base fired and buffed tone to a burnt-orange at the center.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 20 march 2019