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A FINELY MOLDED ‘DING’ ‘PEONY’ DISH formerly in the Ugarte Collection was exhibited at mostra
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY d’arte Cinese. [exhibition of Chinese art], Venice, 1954, cat.
no. 544, later sold in our London rooms, 13th march 1973,
the angled sides flaring to a six-lobed rim from a broad base lot 108 and now in the matsuoka museum of art, tokyo. see
and supported on a short straight foot, crisply molded to the also a mold with very similar decoration, dated to the sixth
interior with an intricate array of peony sprigs comprised year of taihe in the Jin Dynasty, corresponding to the year
of four leafing blossoms and buds encircling a fifth lush 1206 a.D., illustrated in Chugoku Toji Zenshu [Complete
bloom, enclosed by six further sprays of flowering peony Book of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 9, Kyoto, 1981, pl. 130, and
divided by slender fillets, the reverse undecorated, covered the modern replica ibid, pl. 160.
overall in a translucent ivory white glaze subtly pooling in the a nearly identical dish, with the same molded pattern and
recesses emphasizing the decoration and with characteristic size, from the edward t. Chow Collection, was sold in these
teardrops on the underside, the rim silver bound rooms, 30th march 2006, lot 31. Compare also a ‘Ding’ bowl
Diameter 8⅝in., 22 cm
from the estate of rose D. seligsburg molded with a central
the molded decoration on the present dish is particularly floral medallion surrounded by six shaped panels enclosing
well defined, giving the piece a rich texture and three- flower sprays, sold in these rooms, 13th march 1975, lot
dimensional feel. although the peony motif is widely found 241; another one of conical form, sold in these rooms, 6th
on ‘Ding’ wares, the present dish is unusual in that the design november 1981, lot 183; and one sold in our London rooms,
is divided into separate panels around a central meandering 21st June 1983, lot 446.
stem. a lobed dish of similar angle-waisted form but molded
on the interior with a single peony spray enclosed by a $ 150,000-200,000
scrolling stem, is illustrated in the national palace museum,
Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White 北宋 / 金 定窰白釉印牡丹紋花式盤
Porcelain, taipei, 1987, pl. 78; and a related lobed bowl

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