Lot 463. A rare 'Qingbai' jardinière, Song dynasty (960-1279); 13cm., 5 1/8 in. Estimate 250 — 350 GBP. Lot Sold 5,000 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the body of slightly tapering cylindrical form rising from an angled base and short tapering footring, carved around the exterior with a broad band of overlapping petals and covered overall in an ice-blue glaze, save for the unglazed rim.

Exhibited: Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen, 1950, cat. no. 343.

Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 5661.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 528.