Lot 654. A pair of Qingbai floriform bowls, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot Sold 11,250 USD. © Sotheby's.

each of conical section, resting on a low tapered foot, the sides divided evenly into five undulating lobes radiating outwards in imitation of flower petals, applied overall with a clear blue-green glaze pooling to a deeper tone in the recesses, the base unglazed and slightly burnt orange (2).

Literature: Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal, 2015, pls 143-144. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019