Lot 3232. A small Qingbai lobed ewer and cover with warming bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279). The ewer: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; basin: 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 300,000. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2014. 

The elegantly potted body of moulded melon form and mounted with a cover attached with a lion finial. The warming bowl is also carved with lobed sides rising to a flared barbed rim. The ewer and bowl are both covered with a transparent glaze of pale blue tone, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo.