A RARE DING CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM WASHER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

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A RARE DING CHRYSANTHEMUM-FORM WASHER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The washer is elegantly potted with fluted walls rising from the flat base to twelve petal lobes, covered overall with a thin lustrous glaze of pale ivory tone with the exception of the tip of each lobe, thinning slightly around the rim of the base.
6 11/16 in. (17 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

The Forester Collection (according to label)
Butterfield & Butterfield (according to label)
Alan Chen’s Fine Arts, Taipei

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Lot Essay

During the Song dynasty vessels made in chrysanthemum form became popular in a number of media, including silver, lacquer, and fine ceramics. A small number of Song dynasty chrysanthemum-form dishes are preserved in the Qing Court collection, among which is a Southern Song Guan dish from the Xiuneisi kiln in the collection of National Palace Museum, though potted with a short ring foot and fired on spurs, it shares the same number of lobes and a very similar proportion to the current dish, see Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Kuan Ware, Taipei, 1989, no. 93.

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