Cast Zhongji Yangshi Zhizao six-character mark, 12th/13th century|The deep basin with a wide flat foliate rim, moulded on the interior with ducks, fish and herons in a lotus pond, another heron and butterfly in flight above, the rim with a band of peony flower heads, all raised on three curved feet. 40.4cm (15 7/8in) diam.|十二／十三世紀 銅蓮塘水禽圖棱口折沿大盤「宗紀楊世傑造」楷書鑄款The inscription on the underside of the rim reads '宗紀楊世傑造', which may be translated as 'Made by Zongji Yang Shijie zao'. A related bronze basin with a similar but dated signature containing the name of Yang Shi (楊世), Xi Xia dynasty, 1134, is illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chinese Imperiale des Song aux Qing, Paris, 2013, p.143, no.94. Compare also a basin of similar size and shape but with a different design, illustrated by S.E.Lee and Wai-kam Ho, Chinese Art Under the Mongols, Cleveland, 1968, fig.36.See a similar bronze 'lotus pond' basin, Yuan dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 19-20 March 2013, lot 308.