Lot 308. A small carved Dingyao 'Fish' bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 11.7 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 600,000 HKD (67,427 EUR). © Sotheby's.

the interior deftly incised and carved with a pair of fish swimming amid waves, the exterior encircled by a double-line border around the midsection, applied overall with an ivory-tinged glaze.

Provenance: Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).

Note: See a larger bowl with similar incised and carved 'twin fish' decoration in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 56.