Lot 85. A carved 'Ding' 'Floral' dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 6 5/8  in., 16.8 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 15,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the gently rounded sides rising to a metal-bound rim, the center incised with a freely-drawn lotus blossom and broad leaf issued from furled leaves and stem within an incised medallion, covered with a cream-colored glaze extending over the short footring.

Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London (according to label).
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat (1896-1982).
Sotheby's New York, 7th November 1980, lot 101.