Lot 3136. A fine Longquan celadon ‘lotus’ bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 5 1/4 in . (13.1 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 400,000 (USD 25,825 - USD 51,650) © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 

The bowl is moulded to the exterior with a band of slender lotus petals, emanating from the foot. It is covered in a glaze of soft bluish sea-green tone, pooling in the crevices of the decoration and stopping neatly at the foot, inscribed Japanese double wood boxes

Provenance: Collection of Umegami Songyu (1881-1945), Kyoto

Note: The Japanese wood box accompanying this tea bowl is inscribed with the signature Seian, which is the studio name of Umegami, Songyu (1881-1945), a renowned Buddhist monk as well as a tea master based in the Honganji Temple in Kyoto.

Christie's. The Imperial Sale / Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 31 May 2017, Convention Hall