Lot 38. A moulded Ding-type 'Mandarin duck' bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 18.2cm., 7 1/8 in. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000GBP. Lot sold 10,625 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2013.

the shallow conical sides resting on a short foot, the interior moulded with two mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond, encircled at the cavetto by six panels each enclosing a jardinière of flowers, all below a keyfret band, covered in an ivory-white glaze leaving the rim unglazed.

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