A DINGYAO CARVED CONICAL BOWL

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

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A DINGYAO CARVED CONICAL BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The bowl has a widely flared, rounded conical body and is finely carved in the interior with a graceful single lotus stem. The interior and exterior are covered below the unglazed rim, which is cut with six notches, with a glaze of ivory tone that continues over the shallow ring foot to cover the base.
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance

Private family collection, Japan, acquired in the late Meiji/early Taisho period (1867-1925).

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Lot Essay

Compare the foliate Dingyao bowl carved with a similar design on the interior, from the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 32 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 60, no. 52.

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