Lot 773. A Qingbai carved 'floral' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Diameter 5 1/2  in., 14 cm. Estimate  6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot Sold 8,125 USD. © Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides set over a very low footring, the exterior incised in calligraphic lines with a band of abstract floral scroll between a double line above and a band of curved lines below, covered overall in a pale translucent greenish-blue glaze save for the mouth, the glaze with fine craquelure.

Provenance: Collection of H. H. Pao.
Collection of Charles George Cowperthwaite, acquired from the above in the late 1980s, and thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 11 september 2019