A small fine Qingbai flower-form saucer dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). © Christie's 2003

Thinly potted, the interior of the gently flaring sides with narrow ribs rising to the petal-lobed rim, covered allover with a thin glaze of good pale blue tone falling to the edge of the unglazed, slightly countersunk base - 4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) diam. Lot 260. Estimate $600 - $800. Price Realized $1,315 

Property of the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 September 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza