Lot 126.  A Yue 'parrot' box and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1126). Diameter 13.7 cm, 5⅜ in. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. 

the centre of the slightly domed cover moulded with a parrot with its wings outspread amidst floral bloom and foliage within three raised circles and surrounded by a band of foliage, the box with short flaring sides rising from a short spreading foot, covered overall in a olive-green glaze.

Exhibited: Yueyao. The Coming of Age of Chinese Ceramics, Priestley & Ferraro, London, 2011, cat. no. 15.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 06 Nov 2019