Lot 121. A 'Jizhou' papercut and tortoiseshell-glazed bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Lot sold 18,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides decorated to the interior with three quatrefoil papercut panels, each enclosing a four-character phrase, with one reading changming fugui ('long life, wealth and honor') and two reading fushou rongchang ('wealth, longevity and prosperity'), all below a papercut diaper band at the rim and reserved against the variegated buff-brown ground, the exterior irregularly splashed 'tortoiseshell' glaze of rich dark brown with mottled beige splashes, stopping neatly above the foot to expose the buff stoneware body
Diameter 4 3/8  in., 11.2 cm

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM