Lot 523. A painted Cizhou bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); diameter 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 27,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of deep U-shape, with upright sides rising to a wide, slightly inward-turning mouth, the exterior freely painted with millet stalks in a dark brown slip on an ivory-white ground under a clear glaze.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 12.

Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 march 2011