NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)

Details

A SMALL CARVED DING 'TWIN FISH' DISH
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance

Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

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Lot Essay

Similarly rendered fish can be seen on a Ding bowl from the Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall Collection sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2023, lot 1013. For a discussion on the 'twin-fish' motif as an auspicious symbol of harmonious marriage and good fortune, see S. Pierson, Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics, London, 2001, p. 19.

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