A Dingyao 'lotus' lobed dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)

Lot 388. A Dingyao 'lotus' lobed dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 18.3 cm, 7 1/4  in. Estimate 90,000 — 120,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

with shallow flaring sides rising to a hexalobed rim, the interior freely carved with a lotus spray, covered overall save for the foot ring in a transparent creamy-white glaze, metal-bound rim.

Provenance: Bluett & Sons Ltd, London (label).
Collection of Mr and Mrs Jack Chia.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th November 1996, lot 665.

Exhibited: Song Ceramics, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1983, cat. no. 67.