Lot 184. A 'Longquan' celadon 'Twin Fish' dish, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 9 in., 22.8 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Lot Sold 30,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

with shallow rounded sides rising to a broad flat rim, the interior applied with a pair of sprig-molded scaly fish swimming in opposite directions, the exterior carved with lotus petals radiating upwards from the foot, all under a semi-transparent and sea-green glaze stopping neatly around the unfired orange-gray foot. 

Provenance: Japanese Collection, prior to the 1980s. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art, New York, 17 mar 2h015, 02:00 PM