Shallow Dish with Design of Boys Playing among Flowers. Porcelain with "shadow blue" glaze (qinbai). Song dynasty, c. 1200. Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm). 1991.169. Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Friends of Asian Art and Dr. John V. and Annette Balian. Photo ©2012, Detroit Institute of Arts

Provenance: Shards of similar wares are seen in abundance at the Hutian site on the outskirts of the city of Jingdezhen in northeastern Jiangxi Province. Auction purchase, Sotheby's New York, , May 28, 1991, lot #199, sale #6185.