A FINE AND RARE CARVED DING ‘LOTUS’ INCENSE BOX AND COVER
A FINE AND RARE CARVED DING ‘LOTUS’ INCENSE BOX AND COVER
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A FINE AND RARE CARVED DING ‘LOTUS’ INCENSE BOX AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

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A FINE AND RARE CARVED DING ‘LOTUS’ INCENSE BOX AND COVER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The slightly domed cover is finely carved with a spray of blossoming lotus. The box and cover are covered with a lustrous glaze of pale ivory tone, with the exception of the foot, revealing the refined white body.
5. 1/8 in. (13 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Matsudaira Family Collection, acquired in 1910
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 2924

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Lot Essay

The present box and cover are exceedingly well potted with well-balanced proportions and very refined body material. The carving is notably crisp and fluent, which is perfectly complemented by the clear ivory glaze. Very few similar examples of this quality have been published. The National Palace Museum in Taipei has a Ding box of similar shape and carved motif, but with noticeably more wear, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, Taipei, 1987, no. 23.

Most published Ding boxes of this form are plain without any carved decorations, such as the three examples in the Hebei Provincial Museum, Ding Xian, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji - 9 - Dingyao, Shanghai, 1981, nos. 33, 45, and 46.

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