Lot 3213. An important and extremely rare Guan chrysanthemum-shaped dish, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279); 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) wide, box. Estimate on request. Price Realized HK$25,880,000 ($3,352,560). © Christie's Image Ltd 2014

The dish is exquisitely potted with fifteen flutes flaring widely from the narrow circular foot and rising gently to the metal-bound rim, the interior similarly impressed with fifteen petals radiating from the slightly raised centre. The dish is covered overall with a thick pale greyish celadon glaze suffused with tiny bubbles and a dense network of russet crackle with the exception of the foot, exposing the purplish-brown body. 

Provenance: Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection
Sold at Sotheby's London, 25 March 1975, lot 100
Sakamoto Goro
Oriental Arts UK Ltd., London, purchased in 2002 

Exhibited: Museé de l'Orangerie, Arts de la Chine Ancienne, Paris, 1937, Catalogue, no. 466
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Ju and Kuan Wares, London, 12 November to 13 December 1952, Catalogue, no. 65
Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Arte Cinese, 1954, Catalogue, no.464
Museé Cernuschi, L'Art de la Chine des Song, Paris, 1956, Catalogue, no. 93, pl. XVI
Osaka Municipal Art Museum, So Gen no Bijutsu, Osaka, 1978, Catalogue, no. .

Christie's. THE SOUND OF JADE AND THE SHADOW OF A CHRYSANTHEMUM, Hong Kong, 28 May 2014