Lot 191. A 'Qingbai' melon-form box and cover, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 3 in., 7.5 cm Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD. Lot sold: 5,292 USD. © Sotheby's 2021

finely modeled as a stylized lobed melon, the cover with a small finial in the shape of a truncated branchy stem, the interiors and exteriors with a crisp clear blue glaze pooling to a deeper seafoam color in the grooves, the flat base unglazed showing the fine white body.

Provenance: Acquired prior to 2000.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 September 2021