SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

Compare the similar bowl from the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, illustrated by R. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996, no. 31, where the author states that the white rim on bowls of this type was inspired by the silver bands affixed to Ding and other 'aristocratic' wares of the Song dynasty. The author further notes that this practice of imitating silver or gold bands on ceramic vessels began at least as early as the Han dynasty. Also described is the method of manufacture, of which this bowl is a classic example.