A DINGYAO CARVED FOLIATE DISH

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A DINGYAO CARVED FOLIATE DISH
song dynasty

Well potted with the shallow sides rising to a broad angled rim, deftly carved on the interior with flowering lotus stems and curled tendrils, the fine-grained white body covered with an ivory-white glaze, the rim unglazed
7 7/8in. (19.7cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

Cf. the similar dish but with metal-mounted rim exhibited at the National Museum, Singapore in 1983, by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, and illustrated in Song Ceramics, Catalogue, p.86, no.67; and the foliate bowl with similar incised lotus design from the J.Hellner Collection, illustrated by J.Wirgin in Sung Ceramic Designs, pl.59b

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