Lot 95. An incised 'Ding' jar and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279); 9 cm, 3 1/2  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 43,750 GBP (56,529 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.

the globular body rising from a short straight foot to an incurved mouth, freely incised around the exterior with an overlapping lotus lappet band below a double line at the rim, the domed cover incised with lotus leaves and surmounted by a stalk finial, all covered in an ivory-white glaze, the base incised with a guan character.