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PROPERTY FROM THE MU LAN TANG COLLECTION
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A RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED DING ٬೐ᒁᕪ ೜⒌Ⅾ㕳טⰉ‷♄⯰➭
‘LOTUS’ JAR AND COVER
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EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, LATE 10TH-EARLY 11TH
CENTURY ᮰ဲలⅧ⻦卿 ჺջߝ㐟ᙻ㲞ᳰ
The jar is delicately carved in relief on the rounded body with ᫉⧉㞏ⰰ᲼⎊卿⫭⎊㐏⡿卿ം㫌㞒⋎փ⸥⡠卿ἃ࢈໬᚝ឆ໸⚨⎊≢Ԡݱ
three rows of overlapping lotus petals, below another band of ௛㰍ᡟ厎ӻظໄ⡠㱈Ӭ⯎⎏ࣥ⸌卿༰ྏ㫙ᇑǯ໸႔᲼␕㩴౲ఫ߅கӬ
petals around the shoulder, covered overall with a transparent, ։㙁௛ࣿ⡠㱈ᄃԢӬ᧙⎏໸⚨⸌⧉卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶԋஇ໸⚨Ƿ卿࢈՗卿
pale ivory-white glaze with the exception of the mouth and foot ჺ卿㮰 卿எ 卻ॲː卼厎ࣽᝳऔӬ։㙁௛⏟ַǮ⧉㕇ऱ᧙㫌Ӳྉփ
rims. The cover is carved with a similar band of overlapping ⸥⡠卿ֿ⫒㛑⡠㱈㘛⊿⎏⸌⧉卿㇦߿ᔘᝧ卿㮰 卿எ ⽚ǯ᲼␕㩴౲ᅤ
petals, surmounted by a pod-shaped finial, the underside unglazed ᙻ໬⏻໵⯍㙣݉ჺ卻 卼卿ᝪ߅கӶཐ໸⚨଍卿ഌ㛑ߎἃݱ௛࢈໬ߝ
revealing the fine, white body. ჺ㰍ᡟǯ໸႔ጝ༏㪂ࢶ߅கऔӬ։ऱ㯸⧉ຽ卿ᄓߴǸ໶ǹໃ卿㇦߿ᔘ
3 …Õ/”ÿ in. (9.9 cm.) overall height, box ᝧ卿㮰 卿எ ⽚ǯ
HK$1,500,000-2,000,000 US$190,000-260,000 ᫉଍⣌ԋ☑Ⓔ⎉ᝳ㩨ݩतῂ㞐ݏ᳭ჺᯧᨼ᳭卻᳭㉹⤔⽚" ", 厎
ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卼卿㌴༰⯝ទஎ㢙Ԡ໸ჺ⛾भǯ
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong in the early 2000s
It is remarkable that the current jar retains its original cover with
matching design. Its lustrous pale glaze, fine clay body and carved
decorations with overlapping petals are characteristic of the finest
Ding wares made during the early Northern Song dynasty. A Ding
covered jar of almost identical form and design was excavated from
the foundation of Jingzhongyuan Temple Pagoda in Dingzhou, built in
995 during the early Northern Song dynasty, and illustrated in Ding
Kiln of China, Beijing, 2012, p. 275, fig. 14 (fig. 1). Another Ding covered
jar also carved around the body with three rows of petals, but with a
different pattern on the shoulder, was found in the same site, illustrated
ibid., p. 98, no. 84. A further similar Ding covered jar incised with the
character guan was found in an early Northern Song tomb of Murong
in Dingzhou, illustrated ibid., p. 99, no. 85.
The result of C-Link Research & Development Limited
thermoluminescence test no. A860AK31 (22 October 2012) is
consistent with the dating of this lot.

fig. 1 A Ding covered jar excavated from the foundation of
Jingzhongyuan Temple Pagoda in Dingzhou
எӬ ໸႔᲼␕㩴߅கԠ໸⚨⸌⧉

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