Lot 1435. A Dingyao carved conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013

The bowl has a widely flared, rounded conical body and is finely carved in the interior with a graceful single lotus stem. The interior and exterior are covered below the unglazed rim, which is cut with six notches, with a glaze of ivory tone that continues over the shallow ring foot to cover the base, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Private family collection, Japan, acquired in the late Meiji/early Taisho period (1867-1925).

Note: Compare the foliate Dingyao bowl carved with a similar design on the interior, from the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 32 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 60, no. 52.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 21 - 22 March 2013.