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The present dish is a classic example of the fine Ding ware of the 此器造型規整，秀麗典雅，釉色均勻，白中帶牙黃。花卉紋線條簡
Song dynasty, ranking among the ‘Five Great Wares’ and greatly 潔有力，似是任意揮灑的作品，陶匠運刀尤如運筆寫意，加上定窯
admired by the Imperial court. The form with an angular profile is 白釉特有的溫潤晶瑩，使紋飾更顯得典貴優雅。
one that provided a significant test for its potter, particularly when
combined with carved decorations. In order to achieve the sharp 北京故宮博物院有一件器形及紋飾與本拍品相同的例子，著錄於
junction between the base and sides, the thrown dish had to be 2012年北京出版《定瓷雅集: 故宫博物院珍藏及出土定窑瓷器荟
placed over a wooden form and pressed down to achieve the sharp 萃》，圖版60號。另一件相同例子藏國立故宮博物院，見2014年台
junction. This process was rendered more difficult because the 北出版《定州花瓷：院藏定窯系白瓷特展》，圖版II-42號。
decoration had already been carved into the interior of the dish
and risked being squashed in the forming process. It is a measure 另可參考兩件器形與本器一樣但無紋飾的定窯盤，出土於陜西藍田
of the potter’s skill that the decoration remains crisp and distinct, 呂氏家族墓地M26，著錄於2013年北京出版《異世同調-陜西省藍
and the current bowl stands as a testimony to such artistry, 田呂氏家族墓地出土文物》，圖50-51號。
demonstrating a synergy of elegant form and fluid design.

An almost identical Ding dish from the Palace Museum, Beijing is
illustrated in Selection of Ding Ware: The Palace Museum’s Collection
and Archaeological Excavation, Beijing, 2012, pp. 154-155, no.
60. Another Ding dish of very similar form and design is in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Tsai Meifen,
Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding Wares from the collection
of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, pp. 88-89, no. II-42.
Two undecorated Ding dishes of this form were found in the
M26 in the Lü family cemetery, illustrated in Yishi tongdiao: Shanxi
Lantian lüshi jiazu mudi chutu wenwu (Different World Same Tones:
Cultural Relics from the Shaanxi Lantian Lü Family Cemetery),
Beijing, 2013, pp. 146-149, nos. 50-51. Archeologists surmised
that the M26 should have belonged to Lü Yishan, son of Lü
Dajun (1030-1082), see ibid, pp. 14-15.

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