Lot 70. A 'Longquan' celadon carved 'Lotus' bowl and cover, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 4 5/8  in., 11.7 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

the deep upright sides of the bowl carved with a broad band of overlapping petals with raised central ribs, the domed cover carved with overlapping petals radiating towards the everted rim from an applied central stem knop, both covered inside and out with a glaze of soft bluish-green (2). 

Note: For related bowls and covers attributed to the Southern Song dynasty, and excavated in Liaoning from the Jinyucun Hoard, now in the Liaoning Museum, see Song Yun: Sichuan Yao Cang Wenwu Jicui [The Charm of Song: Cultural Artefacts from Hoards in Sichuan], Beijing, 2006, pp. 30-33.  See another related bowl and cover published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, vol. 1, 1994, no. 546; and another from the Muwen Tang collection and included in the exhibition Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 63.

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