A molded Qingbai 'phoenix' bowlSouthern Song / Yuan dynasty南宋 / 元 青白釉印花鳳凰紋盌Diameter 6 ½ in., 16.7 cm  There are three minor chips and a short firing tear to the rim. 口沿見三微細淺磕及一極微細窰縫。 For more information on and additional videos for this lot, please contact serina.wei@sothebys.comIn response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1988.藍理捷，紐約，1988年Bowls of this design include an example illustrated in Jan Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Design, London, 1979, pl. 26b; another in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, illustrated in George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven and London, 1970, pl. 34, where the author mentions a similar bowl found in a Southern Song tomb datable to A.D. 1213 at Zhudaochuan. Another in the Barlow Collection, now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, was included in the Exhibition of ChineseArt, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 943 and the Mostra d'ArteCinese / Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 573 and is illustrated in Michael Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jadesin the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 117c. Another example from the Paul Tuller and Brodie Lodge Collections was included in the Oriental Ceramics Society exhibition The Arts of the Sung Dynasty, London, 1960, cat. no. 204. A bowl of the same type from the T.Y. Chao Collection was offered in our Hong Kong rooms, 18th November 1986, lot 16. A slightly larger bowl from the Edward T. Chow Collection sold in our London rooms, 16th December 1980, lot 278.