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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A VERY RARE LARGE DING CARVED ٬೐ 㕺 ೜⒌Ⅾ⁆ט㮾⳯♄૰↢
'FISH' BOWL
ϝᬝ
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
The bowl is sturdily potted with tall rounded sides rising from a
short foot ring, the interior is carved with a large carp swimming ⮐㙽
in a pond and the exterior is carved with four rows of overlapping
㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿Ƕ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘӲࢦ㙉ჺǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰
petals. The vessel is covered overall with an ivory-coloured glaze
卿⤔⽚
with the mouth rim left unglazed to show the pale body.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam.
HK$5,000,000-7,000,000 US$650,000-900,000

PROVENANCE
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong 31 October, 1995, lot 343
LITERATURE:
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Sotheby's Thirty Years in Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, 2003, p. 127, no. 103

base
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