Lot 236. A 'Jizhou' 'Papercut' tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty; 12.8cm., 5in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Unsold. © Sotheby's 2013. 

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an indented slightly everted rim, the interior with papercut decoration of plum blossom florets reserved in a rich dark chocolate glaze against a variegated buff ground, the exterior glazed brown and falling short of the foot to reveal the buff body