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            PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN           PROVENANCE
            A FINELY MOLDED ‘DING’ ‘PEACOCK’   Berwald Oriental Art, London and New York.
            SAUCER DISH                       A similar design of a peacock amidst peonies
            NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY       is seen on a slightly larger footed Ding dish in
                                              the collection of the National Palace Museum
            Þ nely potted with deeply rounded sides rising   was included in their exhibition Decorated
            from a countersunk base, impressed to the   Porcelains of Dingzhou. White Ding wares from
            interior with a design of a peacock in ß ight,   the collection of the National Palace Museum,
            clasping a long stem in its beak, all amidst   Taipei, 2014, cat. no. II.126.
            meandering peony scroll, the well with a
            cloud scroll below a keyfret band at the rim,   $ 20,000-30,000
            all beneath an ivory-white transparent glaze,
            pooling in the recesses, the rim unglazed   ⊿⬳ġİġ慹ġġġ⭂䩘䘥慱⌘䨧剙⫼晨䲳
            Diameter 5⅛ in., 12.9 cm          ⮷䚌
                                              Ը๕
                                              ⽫晭➪炻ΐ㔎⍲䲸䲬

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