Lot 574. A carved 'Qingbai' bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279); diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Lot sold 16,250 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of widely flared slightly conical form, carved to the interior with two boys amidst leafy stems issuing flowers, applied overall with a faint bluish-green glaze pooling in the recesses of the incised decoration.

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th December 1990, lot 198.

Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 march 2011