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Lot Essay
The companion to the present dish was sold in London, 16 December 1980, lot 251; and illustrated in An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, 2-14 June 1993, no. 1.
A similar dish was excavated from a group of Jin dynasty tombs near the ancient site of Chongxing in Suibin County on the bank of the Heilong River; and is illustrated in Wenwu, 1977, no. 4, pl. 43.
Dingyao dishes with freely incised lotus spray and combed detail are found in major collections. A dish of similar size and shape, decorated with an incised scrolling lotus design, is in the Percival David Foundation (PDF 184). On the base of the PDF dish is inscribed Shaoxing Yonghe Shu Jia Zao, 'Made by the Shu family of Yonghe in the Shaoxing Period (1131-62)'. Other similar examples include the dish of the same size, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, no. 361; a slightly larger dish (20.6 cm. diam.) formerly from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Survey, 1996, no. 230; a dish with a denser lotus design in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Dingyao Baici Tezhan Mulu, 'Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain', October 1987, no. 106; and a large dish (25.8 cm. diam.) with a flanged lip in the National Museum, Tokyo, illustrated by M. Tregear, London, 1982, Song Ceramics, no. 46.
A similar dish was excavated from a group of Jin dynasty tombs near the ancient site of Chongxing in Suibin County on the bank of the Heilong River; and is illustrated in Wenwu, 1977, no. 4, pl. 43.
Dingyao dishes with freely incised lotus spray and combed detail are found in major collections. A dish of similar size and shape, decorated with an incised scrolling lotus design, is in the Percival David Foundation (PDF 184). On the base of the PDF dish is inscribed Shaoxing Yonghe Shu Jia Zao, 'Made by the Shu family of Yonghe in the Shaoxing Period (1131-62)'. Other similar examples include the dish of the same size, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, no. 361; a slightly larger dish (20.6 cm. diam.) formerly from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Survey, 1996, no. 230; a dish with a denser lotus design in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Dingyao Baici Tezhan Mulu, 'Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain', October 1987, no. 106; and a large dish (25.8 cm. diam.) with a flanged lip in the National Museum, Tokyo, illustrated by M. Tregear, London, 1982, Song Ceramics, no. 46.