A DING CARVED ‘DRAGON’ DISH

JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

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A DING CARVED ‘DRAGON’ DISH
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The dish is potted with angular sides flaring upwards to an unglazed rim. The interior is fluidly carved with a coiled three-clawed dragon. The bowl is covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory tone with the exception of the mouth and the foot rims.
7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

Compare to a large Ding dish of the same date carved with a very similar three-clawed dragon in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding wares from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, no. II-63, pp. 108-109, and another dish in the same collection with some slight variations to the details, ibid., no. II-64, pp. 110-111.

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