Lot 47. A green-glazed bowl, Southern Dynasties, 5th century. Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Unsold Photo Sotheby's.

the heavily potted bowl rising from a straight foot to deep rounded sides with a groove below the rim, the sides incised with upright lotus lappets, covered overall with a yellowish-green glaze suffused with crackles stopping unevenly at the foot to reveal the pale gray body burnt orange during the firing. 

Notes: See a closely related bowl of similar form and size, excavated in 2002 from Tomb M8 dated 439, Hubei province, published in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji / Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2008, vol. 13, pl. 50.

Sotheby's. Song Tradition: Early Ceramics from the Yang De Tang Collection. New York, 17 mars 2015, 11:00 AM