Lot 218. A carved 'Ding' 'Fish' bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 20.2cm., 8in. Estimate 30,000 - 40,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the curved sides rising from a short foot to a metal-bound rim, the interior with a central medallion freely carved with two fish swimming amid waves, covered overall with an ivory-white glaze pooling in characteristic teardrops down the exterior, Japanese wood box. 

Provenance: A Japanese Private Collection.