Lot Essay
A Ding pillow of similar form with incised decoration is illustrated in Beauty & Entirety - Ceramics of the Song Dynasty from The Palace Museum, Museum of Art in Macau, 2012, plate no. 48.
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NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
Details
A DING ‘LOTUS POND’ PILLOW
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The top is fluidly carved with lotus blossoms and leaves, all reserved against a combed wave ground within a double-line border. The sides are decorated with overlapping waves partially filled with a combed motif. It is covered with a creamy glaze of slightly yellowish tone.
10 3⁄4 in. (27.5 cm.) long, box
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The top is fluidly carved with lotus blossoms and leaves, all reserved against a combed wave ground within a double-line border. The sides are decorated with overlapping waves partially filled with a combed motif. It is covered with a creamy glaze of slightly yellowish tone.
10 3⁄4 in. (27.5 cm.) long, box
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. 34
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