Lot Essay
Compare the dish of this shape, also crisply molded in the center with flower sprigs, illustrated in Selected Specimens of Chinese Porcelain, Taiwan, 1959, pl. 5
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A FINE SMALL MOLDED DINGYAO DISH
SONG DYNASTY
The interior crisply molded with two peony sprigs flanked by sprigs of mallow, surrounded by a band of chrysanthemum petals in the shallow well and a band of overlapping leaf tips molded on the everted rim within a raised, scalloped edge, covered overall in a glaze of ivory tone, footrim unglazed--5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam., box
SONG DYNASTY
The interior crisply molded with two peony sprigs flanked by sprigs of mallow, surrounded by a band of chrysanthemum petals in the shallow well and a band of overlapping leaf tips molded on the everted rim within a raised, scalloped edge, covered overall in a glaze of ivory tone, footrim unglazed--5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diam., box