Lot 33. A Qingbai 'Boys' bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279); 18.1cm., 7 1/8 in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2013

the conical sides rising from a tapering foot to a hexalbobed rim, carved to the interior with three quatrefoil cartouches each enclosing a dancing boy, all divided by foliate floral sprays, covered overall in a translucent bluish glaze.

Provenance: K.Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong.
R.& V. Tregaskis Oriental Art, Sydney.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Londo, 15 may 2013