A CARVED DING LOTUS-FORM BOWL AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

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A CARVED DING LOTUS-FORM BOWL AND COVER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The domed cover with a broad rim is moulded as a lotus leaf surmounted by a stalk-form finial. The bowl is carved with vertical ribs simulating petals. Both the cover and bowl are applied to the exterior with a transparent glaze of ivory tone.
3 1⁄8 in. (8.1 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

An old Hong Kong family collection

Exhibited

University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, The Multiplicity of Simplicity - Monochrome wares from the Song to the Yuan dynasties, 2012, no. 29

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Lot Essay

Two Ding bowls and covers of this form are illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, Vol. 1, nos. 350 and 351. Another comparable example is a Ding censer which is also carved to the exterior with vertical lines and illustrated in Beauty & Entirety - Ceramics of the Song Dynasty from The Palace Museum, Museum of Art in Macau, 2012, plate no. 43.

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