Lot 252. A 'Ding' figure of a lion, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Height 2 in., 5.1 cm, Japanese wood box (3). Lot sold: 4,032 USD (Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022

Property from a Japanese Private Collection.

Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat.
Sotheby's New York, 7th November 1980, lot 105.
Sotheby's New York, 16th September 2009, lot 292 (part lot).

Exhibited: Exhibition of the Chinese Ceramics Lent By Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1947, cat. no. 118.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 21 september 2022