Lot 60
60
A FINE SMALL CARVED DINGYAO DISH

Details
A FINE SMALL CARVED DINGYAO DISH
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

The shallow sides rising in a gentle curve from the flat base to the unglazed rim, well carved on the interior with a lotus blossom arching outwards from a stem of feathery leaves, covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory tone--4 15/16in. (12.5cm.) diam.
Exhibited
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 52

Lot Essay

Compare the similar dishes from two Jin tombs, one dated to 1184, illustrated in line drawings by Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Designs, fig. 35a (2) and b (1); and another of the same size in the Kempe Collection, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Kodansha, 1982, vol. 8, no. 111