Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th centuryEach elegantly shaped as a flower with six petals, covered with a bluish white glaze, stopping short at the foot revealing the orange burnt buff.Diam. 9.3 cmProvenance:- Robert Mc Pherson, London (2000)- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, AmsterdamCompare:- [exhib.cat.] Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong 1994, no. 102, p. 241- [exhib.cat.] Bright as Silver White as Snow. Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, The Denver Art Museum, Denver 1998, no. 37, p. 158