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A rare and large carved Dingyao ‘fish’ basin
Northern Song/Jin Dynasty
Beautifully potted with curved sides rising from a shallow circular
foot, the exterior incised with two tiers of overlapping lotus petals,
the interior boldly carved with deft strokes of the knife with an
aquatic scene of a carp swimming in the pond, its tail vigorously
flexed upwards and body decorated in cross-hatched motif, above
a backdrop of floating waterweed and swirling waves, all applied in a
creamy ivory-white glaze.
33.4cm (13 1/8in) diam.

HK$500,000 - 700,000
US$64,000 - 90,000

北宋/金 定窯刻劃花魚藻紋大盌

The large potted basin is characterised as one of the largest Ding 此類大口徑之魚藻紋大盌燒造難度極大，傳世極為少見。清宮舊藏中
wares in production during the Northern Song dynasty, with similar 有一件類似的定窯刻畫大盌，現藏於北京故宮博物院可資比較，但不
examples in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete 同於此拍品，故宮一例內刻魚兩尾，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the 集：兩宋瓷器（上）》，香港，1996年，頁64，圖56。另見台北故
Song Dynasty I, Hong Kong, 1996, pl.56. See also another related 宮博物院藏一例，但盌內刻蓮花紋而非魚藻紋，見《故宮宋瓷圖錄：
example of a large Dingyao basin but decorated with lotus blossom 定窯·定窯型》，台北，1973年，圖34。
towards the interior, illustrated in Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty
Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Ting Ware and Ting-type 傳世之例，見香港蘇富比曾售出一件，1995年10月31日，編號343，
Ware, Taipei, 1973, pl.34. 後著錄於《香港蘇富比三十週年》，香港，2003年，圖103，之後又
售於紐約蘇富比，2005年3月31日，編號32。另參看克拉克夫婦舊藏
See a very similar Dingyao basin illustrated in Sotheby’s Thirty Years in 一例定窯大盌，後由倫敦蘇富比售於於坂本五郎，1971年3月2日，
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2003, pl.103, which were sold at Sotheby’s 編號135，最後於香港蘇富比售出，2014年4月8日，編號11。
Hong Kong, 31 October 1995, lot 343 and again at Sotheby’s New
York, 31 March 2005, lot 32. Compare also a related but smaller
example of a large lobed basin, previously in the Alfred Clark collection
(no.760), then subsequently sold to Sakamoto Goro at Sotheby’s
London, 2 March 1971, lot 135 and again at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8
April 2014, lot 11.

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