NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)

A similarly carved Ding bowl in the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 50. See, also, the similar metal-bound Ding bowl from the Lord Cunliffe Collection included in the Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 9 November-17 December 1949, no. 136.