A RARE DINGYAO INCISED 'DAYLILY' DEEP BOWL

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A RARE DINGYAO INCISED 'DAYLILY' DEEP BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
The bowl is finely potted with deep, rounded sides rising from a flat base to a lipped rim. The interior is freely carved with daylily blossoms borne on graceful, leafy stems, and the bowl is covered inside and out with a transparent ivory glaze stopping at the unglazed mouth rim to reveal the fine, white body.
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diam., wood box

Provenance

Baron Fujita Family Collection, Japan, acquired in the early 20th century.

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Lot Essay

The present bowl is exceptionally well carved with freely rendered daylilies. Compare to several Ding vessels bearing this design, including a basin of larger size from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, Taipei, 1987, no. 28; a conical bowl from the Linyushanren Collection, included in The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, no. 1; and a larger basin, also from the Linyushanren Collection, ibid., no. 9.

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