Lot 336. Two Jizhou 'papercut' bowls, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 11.6 and 15.8 cm, 4 5/8  and 6 1/4  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 81,250 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the smaller bowl resist-decorated with papercut prunus reserved against a speckled caramel-brown ground; the other with three phoenix trailing long tail feathers and a prunus at the centre, the exterior covered with a tortoiseshell glaze.

Property from the Xinyangtang Collection.

Provenance: Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd, Hong Kong, 17th July (phoenix) and 11th August 2001 (prunus).