Lot 130. A Yue 'phoenix' box and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1126). Diameter 13.2 cm, 5¼ in. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. 

moulded to the shallow domed over with a phoenix with outstretched wings amidst leafy flower scrolls, bordered with a broad raised band and surrounded with a band of combed design, the box with short flaring sides rising from a short spreading foot, applied overall with a translucent olive-green glaze.

Exhibited: Yueyao. The Coming of Age of Chinese Ceramics, Priestley & Ferraro, London, 2011, cat. no. 17.

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