Lot 383. A Qingbai foliate cupstand, Song dynasty, 13.7 cm, 5 3/8  in.. Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

delicately modelled in the form of a small cup-shaped receptacle with a thin lipped mouthrim supported on a foliate 'dish' and tall hollow foot bordered with three bands, the 'dish' with an elegantly outcurved lobed rim and an interior divided into six lobes with pinched notches, applied overall save for the rim of the 'dish' and footring with a transparent pale blue glaze pooling to a deeper blue to the recesses 

Provenance: Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, 4th April 1998.