NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

Details

A VERY RARE DING VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The vase is potted with a slightly compressed globular body between a pair of raised flanges rising from a recessed foot to a ribbed mouth. It is covered overall with a clear ivory-white glaze of even tone, with the exception of the unglazed foot exposing the white biscuit body.
5 1⁄4 in. (13 cm.) high, box

Provenance

An important Hong Kong family collection, acquired in the 1970s

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Lot Essay

A Guan flower vase dated to the Southern Song dynasty of similar form, also decorated with raised flanges around the body is illustrated in Precious as the Morning Star: 12th-14th Century Celadons in the Qing Court Collection, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2016, p. 162. A Yaozhou flower vase of similar rounded form is illustrated in Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Yoshuyo/The Masterpieces of Yaozhou Ware, Osaka, 1997, p. 57

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