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Lot Essay
A fragment of a dish that appears to be a prototype of the present lot, dated late Tang dynasty to Five dynasties, was excavated from the Ding kiln site in Quyang county, Hebei province, and is illustrated in Selection of Ding Ware: the Palace Museum’s Collection and Archaeological Excavation, Beijing, 2012, no. 20.
Compare a similar dish, dated to the Liao dynasty, but molded with a duck in the well, illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965 p. 126, no. 390. See, also, a pair of similar dishes sold at Christie’s New York, 26 September 2016, lot 1316.
Compare a similar dish, dated to the Liao dynasty, but molded with a duck in the well, illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1965 p. 126, no. 390. See, also, a pair of similar dishes sold at Christie’s New York, 26 September 2016, lot 1316.