Lot 3553. A rare black lacquer bowl stand, Song dynasty (960-1279); 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 250,000. Price Realized HKD 625,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 

The bowl stand is raised on a hollow splayed circular foot, supporting a flange with gently upturned edges, encircling the plain globular receptacle, covered overall with a rich brownish-black lacquer, with the mouth, flange and foot rim bound with metal, Japanese wood box. 

Provenance: Taske Kaijima (1845-1916), founder of Kaijima Zaibatsu, a business conglomerate specialised in coal mining based in Chikuho, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.

Exhibited: Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China: Featuring Lacquerwares, Ceramics, and Metalwares, Tokyo, 2004, no. 149
On loan to the Kyushu National Museum, Japan, between 2009-2013.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Including The Su Zhu An Collection of Inkstones), Hong Kong, 27 November 2013