Lot 830. A rare large Yaozhou celadon carved conical bowl, China, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty, 11th-12th century. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price Realized $7,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The deep, rounded conical bowl carved on the interior with a central flower head below a wide band of leafy meander bearing six blossoms alternately shown in full bloom and in profile, and the exterior carved with simplified petals rising from the foot to a line below the somewhat everted rim, covered overall and on the base, with a glaze of greyish-olive color - 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diameter, box

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1988.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.