Page 90 - 2020 December 10 Christie's Paris Arts of Asia Chinese Art

AFTERNOON SESSION
LOTS 91-205

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
日本藏家珍藏
(LOTS 91-93)

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GRAND BOL EN GRES EMAILLE DING
CHINE, DYNASTIE SONG DU NORD (960-1127)
De forme légèrement conique, il repose sur un petit pied droit. L'intérieur est Lotus is a popular decorative theme on Ding wares, for its quality of ‘rising
gravé d'un lotus en son centre et de motifs floraux stylisés. L'extérieur est sans from the mud unsullied, bathed by clear waves but not seductive’, as expressed
motif. Le bol est recouvert d'une belle glaçure ivoire (la bordure et une partie du in a famous poem, Passion for the Lotus by Song scholar-official Zhou Dunyi
pied non glaçurées) ; restauration.
(1017- 1073). Another symbolic meaning of Lotus is derived from its phonetic
Diamètre: 25,3 cm. (10 in.), Hauteur: 8 cm. (3¿ in.), boîte en bois japonaise
similarity with the phrase ‘incorruptible’ in Chinese. Therefore, vessels
€40,000-60,000 US$47,000-70,000 decorated with lotus were particularly suitable for the scholarofficial class.
£37,000-54,000
See a carved ding bowl carved with lotus although of a different shape sold in
PROVENANCE: Christie's Hong Kong, 26 November 2018, lot 8005
With Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd, Tokyo, in the 1990s.
A LARGE CARVED DING LOTUS BOWL
CHINA, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
This elegantly potted and decorated Ding bowl was made at the apogee of
incised decoration at the Ding kilns - the Northern Song period. The decorator, 北宋 定窯白瓷刻花大碗
working with a fine white body and slightly ivory-toned transparent glaze, has
來源:
made subtle use of incised parallel lines to emphasize the major parts of the
日本藏家珍藏，于1990年代購自東京古董商Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd
design.

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