Lot 227. A carved 'Ding' 'lotus' dish, Northern Song dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 18,000 GBP (19,157 - 22,988 EUR). Photo Sotheby's

the curved sides rising from an angled base and short foot to a flaring lobed rim, finely and freely carved to the interior with a leafy lotus spray and covered overall in an ivory-white glaze gathering in characteristic teardrops down the exterior; 19.5 cm, 7 3/4 in.