A Chinese dingyao bowl Song dynasty 960-1279 AD, the gently flaring body with six lobed panels, encircling a central roundel containing a single lotus flower and leafy tendrils, the rim with a metal mount, 19.3cm.

Provenance: the collection of Andrew Williams Esq., Oxfordshire.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), p.97, no.88, where a dish of similar design is illustrated. And also R L Hobson, The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Pl.XXVI, no.C128.