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Lot Essay
The present vase is a very rare example of the early Ding wares produced in Quyang county. Compare the present lot to a similar Ding vase, but with a less tapered body, exhibited and illustrated in Principal Wares of the Song Period from a Private Collection, Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2015, Catalogue, no. 2. Compare also a white-glazed vase of similar form but with a spout, illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), Beijing, 2008, vol. 3: Hebei, p. 75.
It is interesting to note that bamboo was a popular decorative element in early Ding wares. A highly important Ding kundika vase found in the Jingzhongyuan monastry, Dingzhou city, has a bamboo-shaped neck similar to the neck of the present vase, illustrated ibid, p. 110. A circular box and cover carved with grooves to the exterior in imitation of bamboo was also found in the Jingzhongyuan monastry, illustrated ibid, p. 108.
It is interesting to note that bamboo was a popular decorative element in early Ding wares. A highly important Ding kundika vase found in the Jingzhongyuan monastry, Dingzhou city, has a bamboo-shaped neck similar to the neck of the present vase, illustrated ibid, p. 110. A circular box and cover carved with grooves to the exterior in imitation of bamboo was also found in the Jingzhongyuan monastry, illustrated ibid, p. 108.