A white-glazed 'melon' box and cover, Song dynasty. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD  (6,000 - 8,400 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. 

delicately modelled with lobed sides divided by double fillets and broad slightly raised rims, the domed cover surmounted by swirling cap, applied overall with an clear ivory-tinged glaze pooling to a darker sea-green tone within the recesses, the interior rims and the base left in the biscuit - 5 cm., 2 in.

Property from a private East Asian collection

Sotheby's. Chinese Art. Hong Kong, 01 Jun 2015, 03:15 PM