A qingbai lobed 'boys' conical bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 18.3 cm diam. Provenance: Walter Hochstadter Collection. Mossgreen, Melbourne, 14 June 2011, lot 268. Exhibited: Objects of Desire - The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: Song to Yuan Dynasties, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, 12 to 13 October 2013. Illustrated in the exhibition catalogue of the same name, Sydney, p. 25, pl. 20. Walter Hochstadter (1914 - 2007) was a collector, dealer and scholar of Chinese art, particularly of ceramics. Pieces from his collection are found in numerous major institutions including the Freer Gallery and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art