Lot 511. A foliate ‘Ding’ bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127).  Estimate 26,000 — 40,000 HKD. Lot sold 37,500 HKD.  Photo Sotheby's.

with gently rounded sides and a foliate rim, supported on a short narrow foot, the sides divided by faint vertical grooves into six lobes, covered overall with a creamy-white glaze pooling to characteristic tear drops on the underside - 10.7 cm, 4 1/4  in..

Provenance: A. Blanco White Collection (label).
Sotheby’s London, 16th November 1999, lot 3.

Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Sung Dynasty Wares. Ting, Ying Ch’ing and Tz’u Chou, London, 1949, no. 64 (label).