Lot Essay
A similar dish is illustrated on the front cover of the Special Exhibition of Dragon-Motif Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Catalogue, no.6; the same dish was also included in the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelains, Catalogue, pl.79. Another similar dish also from the National Palace Museum but with a metal bound rim was included in the Special Exhibition of Song Dynasty Porcelain, Catalogue, pl.32. A third example from the Carl Kempe Collection, now in the Museum of Far Eastern Art, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol.9, fig.113; cf. also the example illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan Series, vol.12, col.pl.144
Compare the basin with a similar dragon design also included in the Special Exhibition of Dragon-Motif Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Catalogue, no.3
Compare the basin with a similar dragon design also included in the Special Exhibition of Dragon-Motif Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Catalogue, no.3