Lot 733. A pair of silver bracket-lobed floriform stem bowls, China, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty (1127-1368); 4 ¼ in. (10.7 cm.) wide, 134 g. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price realised USD 47,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2015.

The sides of each bowl in the form of seven barbed petals radiating from the raised, pointed center, each petal chased just below the rim with a pair of flower sprigs, all forming a continuous band, the whole raised on a conforming pedestal foot chased with a diaper border.

Christie's. The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV - Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics, New York, 20 March 2015