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SALE TO BENEFIT THE ASIAN ART ACQUISITION FUND OF THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS; FROM A DISTINGUISHED CONNECTICUT PRIVATE COLLECTION*

A Large Dingyao Molded Dish

JIN DYNASTY

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A Large Dingyao Molded Dish
Jin Dynasty
The center crisply molded with a central lotus plant encircled by alternating lotus sprigs and water weeds, within a narrow border of key pattern and a wide band of peony scroll in the well below two bowstring bands, covered inside and out below the metal-bound rim with a glaze of creamy ivory tone falling in olive-toned tears on the exterior, the neatly cut foot ring and base similarly glazed
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) diameter

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Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

Several dingyao dishes of this impressive size and delicately molded floral pattern have been published. The design is usually arranged within narrow border of key pattern at the well and two bowstring bands at the rim. One in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Dingyao, Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 9, 1981, pl. 83; and one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei was included in the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, 1987, no. 82. Examples in western collections include one in The Cleveland Museum of Art, illustrated by J. Wirgin, Sung Ceramic Design, London, 1979, pl. 78b; and one illustrated by Y. Mino and J. Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1983, p. 216, no. 82.

Compare the two examples sold in these rooms, one from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1 December 1994, lot 154 and another sold 16 September 1999, lot 295.

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