NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)

Details

A SMALL CARVED DING CONICAL BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
With widely flared sides, the interior is finely incised with petals radiating from the center. The bowl is covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory tone that continues over the shallow ring foot onto the base. The unglazed mouth rim is mounted with a metal band.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance

Mayuyama, Tokyo.

Lot Essay

A similarly carved Ding bowl in the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 50. See, also, the similar metal-bound Ding bowl from the Lord Cunliffe Collection included in the Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 9 November-17 December 1949, no. 136.

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