Lot 266,  A 'Cizhou' carved 'Lotus' pillow, Song Dynasty. Estimate $6,000 — 8,000. Photo Sotheby's.

of bean shape, the concave top carved through the layer of creamy-white slip to the buff ground with a ribbon-tied bouquet of lotus flowers and leaves, all enclosed within a double-line border, covered overall with a transparent glaze stopping short of the unglazed base, the front pierced with an air hole. Length 10 in., 25.4 cm

Provenance: Manno Art Museum, Osaka.
Christie's Paris, 19th November 2003, lot 224.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 16 mars 2016, 10:00 AM