Lot 3203. A Xing white-glazed tea bowl, Tang dynasty (618-907); 6 in. (15.4 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000 (USD 3,887 - USD 6,478). Price realised HKD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016.

The shallow bowl is thickly potted with gently rounded sides rising from a neatly cut, bi-shaped foot and terminating in a lipped rim. The interior and exterior of the bowl are covered in a translucent glaze of ivory tone, leaving just the foot unglazed, exposing the fine white clay underneath, box.

Provenance: Acquired in Taipei on 20 March 1988 

Christie's. Chinese Ceramics From The Yangdetang Collection, 30 November 2016, Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall