NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

Ding persimmon-glazed cup stands of this form are rare. Compare to a closely related example, together with its matching tea bowl, in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. C.603&A-1918), illustrated by John Ayers in Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, no. 83. Another example was sold at Bonhams New York, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art including the Francine and Bernard Wald Collection of Fine Snuff Bottles, Part I, 17 March 2025, lot 120.