Lot 3663. A 'Jizhou' splashed tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); diameter 11.4 cm., 4 1/2 in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 150,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides flaring our from a narrow base, covered with a dark brown matte glaze, splashed on the interior with a cream coloured teardrop pattern, the exterior similarly decorated with splashes running in a horizontal direction, all stopping well above the knife-pared foot revealing the gray body fired to a slightly pale orange.

Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London.

Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 2014