SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

Details

A LARGE CARVED DING 'LOTUS' BOWL
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
The large bowl with rounded sides is carved to the interior with two large lotus blossoms amongst leafy sprays, all covered under an ivory-white glaze.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Collection of Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, acquired in the 1920s thence by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

Compare this bowl to a bowl of similar size and dating in the collection of the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, illustrated by Masahiko Satō in Toji takei 37: Hakuji [Compendium of Ceramics Vol. 37: White Porcelain], Tokyo, 1975, no. 71 and no. 72.

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