Lot 24. A 'Yaozhou' bowl, Song dynasty  (960-1279). Diameter 5 9/16  in., 14 cm. Estimate 8,000 - 10,000 USD. Lot sold 16,250 USD. © Sotheby's

the conical sides rising from a small ring foot, molded on the interior with six peony blossoms borne on an undulating stem of fine scrolling leaves, covered overall in an even pale celadon bubble-suffused glaze pooling in the recesses, the foot unglazed, Japanese wood box (4).

Provenance: Kitayama Fine Arts, Tokyo, acquired in the 1970s.