Lot 253. A 'Jizhou' 'papercut' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 11.4 cm, 4½ in. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold: 2,375 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the steep rounded sides rising to a gently incurved rim, resist-decorated with three floral medallions to the interior, the exterior with a dark brown glaze imitating tortoiseshell stopping short of the unglazed foot.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 16th May 2007, lot 225.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 06 Nov 2019