A Dingyao foliate dish
Northern Song Dynasty
The shallow rounded sides rising to a rim sharply outlined as a lotus-head, supported on a cylindrical foot ring, carved to the interior with a central roundel, covered inside and out with a glaze of pale ivory tone pooling to pale olive on the reverse (small glaze crack)
15.6 cm diam., box
Lot Essay
For a similar dish with a slightly different shape, see Song Ceramics, from the Kwan Collection, p.52, pl.8, Catalogue, organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
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