Lot 92. A Yaozhou brown glaze and white slip-decorated dish , Tang dynasty (618-907); 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HK$30,000 – HK$50,000 ($3,887 - $6,478). Price realised HKD 212,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The dish is potted with flaring sides rising from a slightly recessed base, decorated with blackish-brown glaze forming abstract floral sprays on a white slip within a pentagonal border of glaze continuing over the rim to form another pentagon on the exterior atop further white slip, box.

Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s

Literature: Kuro to Shiro ~Soji~, Tokyo, 2015, pl. 2

CHRISTIE'S. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 5 April 2016, Hong Kong