SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

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A SMALL DING MALLOW-FORM DISH
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
The dish is delicately potted with a flat base rising to gently flared sides and a six-petal foliate rim divided to the interior with a line of raised slip. It is covered in a creamy white glaze with the exception of a thin ring encircling the base, exposing the pure white ware.
4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam., wood box

Provenance

R.F.A Riesco label to base.
Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.

Lot Essay

Compare the current dish to two almost identical examples in the collection of the National Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Vol. 32, Hong Kong 1996, p. 80, no. 71.

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