Lot 48. A soft-paste white-glazed 'alms' bowl, 18th century; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 2,270. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004

The rim and base carved in shallow relief and incised with a band of ruyi heads, covered with a broadly crackled opaque white glaze stopping neatly above the recessed base. 

Provenance: E. T. Hall Collection, no. 232. 

Christie's. Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late E. T. Hall, London, 7 June 2004