NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

Two Ding bowls and covers of this form are illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, Vol. 1, nos. 350 and 351. Another comparable example is a Ding censer which is also carved to the exterior with vertical lines and illustrated in Beauty & Entirety - Ceramics of the Song Dynasty from The Palace Museum, Museum of Art in Macau, 2012, plate no. 43.