Lot 92. A Small Slip-Decorated Bowl, Transitional Period, Circa 1640; 8.9cm., 3 3/4 in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 1,875 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the deeply rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a straight rim, dressed with iron-brown enamel, the interior decorated in a white slip with a central roundel of a crane amongst lotus, below a band of crane and lotus. 

Provenance: CT Loo & Company (according to label).

Hans Ostrom Collection, Stockholm (according to label).

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 05 Nov 08. London.