Lot 511. A 'Huozhou' white-glazed dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); 13.3cm., 5 1/4 in. Estimate 350 — 450 GBP. Lot Sold 2,500 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the finely lobed rounded sides rising from an angled base and short spreading foot to a broad flaring rim, moulded to the interior with a peony spray and covered overall with an ivory-white glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the white body.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 436.