Lot 3162. A Jizhou leaf-decorated conical tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). 5 3/4 in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 400,000 (USD 38,848 - USD 51,798). Price realised HKD 2,220,000.© Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The interior is decorated near the convex centre with the gossamer imprint of a brownish-buff leaf against a dark-brown glaze that thins to an amber colour at the rim and ends above the shallow recessed foot exposing the buff body, box.

The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no. P105s61 (27 June 2005) is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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