Lot 56. A small 'Jun' bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 8.8cm, 3 3/8 in. Estimate 18,000—25,000 GBP. Lot sold. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2009

the rounded sides rising steeply from a splayed foot to a slightly incurved rim, all under a pale bluish-grey glaze thinning to a grey-brown colour around the rim and stopping unevenly above the foot.

Provenance: A Japanese Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 04 Nov 2009