Lot 224. A 'Xing' 'Lotus' cupstand, Tang-Five Dynasties, 14cm., 5 1/2 in. Estimate 3,000 — 4,000 GBP. Lot sold 29,300 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the curved sides rising from a short spreading foot to a lotus petal-shaped collar and incurved rim, covered overall in a creamy-white glaze.

Exhibited: Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 353.

The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no.184.

Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain. The Kempe Collection, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1971, cat. no. 88, an exhibition touring the United States and shown also at nine other museums.

Literature: 'Hsing-Yao and Ting-Yao', The Bulletin of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 25, 1953, Stockholm, 1953, pls. 24, 25, fig. 20.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 337.

The World's Great Collections. Oriental Ceramics, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 67.

Margaret Medley,  T'ang Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1981, pl. 81.

Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 541.