Lot 87. A large carved Ding 'lotus' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000 (USD 19,275 - USD 25,700). Price realised GBP 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. 

The large bowl with rounded sides is carved to the interior with two large lotus blossoms amongst leafy sprays, all covered under an ivory-white glaze.

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

Note: Compare this bowl to a bowl of similar size and dating in the collection of the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, illustrated by Masahiko Sato in Toji takei 37: Hakuji [Compendium of Ceramics Vol. 37: White Porcelain], Tokyo, 1975, no. 71 and no. 72.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 5 November 2019