THREE CHINESE CERAMICS AND ELEVEN METAL BOWLS.THREE CHINESE CERAMICS AND ELEVEN METAL BOWLS. Song Dynasty, or later. Comprising a glazed slip-decorated jar with rounded shoulders painted with lotus pond, birds, fish and blossoms, the neck with a six character Xuande mark, a wide-rimmed celadon-glazed bowl incised with a flower to the centre and a small cream-glazed bowl, together with eleven metal bowls, each with a rounded flared body, eight punched with animals, figures and foliage, two with stylised Arabic script, 18cm H. (14) Provenance: an English diplomatic collection, acquired in Beijing prior to 1953, the metal bowls acquired in Cairo in the 1950s, thence by descent. 宋或更晚 陶器三件及鐵盌十一件 來源：英國外交收藏，1953年前得於北京，金屬盌1950年代得於開羅，後傳至現藏家。