NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

The present bowl is exceptionally well carved with freely rendered daylilies. Compare to several Ding vessels bearing this design, including a basin of larger size from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, Taipei, 1987, no. 28; a conical bowl from the Linyushanren Collection, included in The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, no. 1; and a larger basin, also from the Linyushanren Collection, ibid., no. 9.