Lot 2827. A moulded Qingbai mallow-shaped dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Estimate HK$50,000 - HK$70,000 ($6,482 - $9,075). Price Realized HK$100,000 ($12,964). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The dish is delicately moulded with the cavetto in the form of six fluted lobes, below a wide flared circular rim. It is decorated to the interior with a single flower spray in the centre radiating double petals along each lobe. The rim is further moulded with florets and leaves. It is covered inside out with a pale blue glaze except for the rim. 5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box 

Literature: Christie's, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 150, no. 61

Exhibited: Christie's, The Classical Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013, Catalogue, no. 61

Christie's. THE CLASSIC AGE OF CHINESE CERAMICS - THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION, PART I, 2 December 2015, Convention Hall.