A 'Qingbai' 'duck and lotus pond' bowl, Song dynasty. Estimate £8,000 — 12,000. Photo: Sotheby's

the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to a flared rim, carved to the interior with a duck on a lotus pond, the exterior carved with lotus petals, covered overall in a vitreous pale blue glaze, the rim dressed in an iron-brown glaze - 14.8cm., 5 3/4 in.

PROPERTY FROM A PORTUGUESE PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 11 nov. 2015, 11:00 AM