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A RARE AND LARGE CARVED ‘DING’ WHITE-
GLAZED ‘FISH’ BASIN, NORTHERN SONG
DYNASTY
Diameter 11¼ in., 28.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr. Cornelius Osgood (1905-1985).
Ding wares adorned with the auspicious motif of gracefully
swimming fish found popularity during the Northern Song
dynasty.
Basins of large dimensions, such as the present example, are
very rare. Similar basins are known in museum collections;
compare one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei
(accession no. 故瓷014203N000000000); another example
now in the British Museum, London, from the Sir Percival
David Collection, published in Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics,
London, 1982, col. pl. 29. 493
Only a few pieces similar in size and design to the present
basin have been sold at auction; one carved with larger fish
and lotus petals on the exterior, in our Hong Kong rooms,
31st October 1995, lot 343, again in our Hong Kong rooms,
31st March 2005, lot 32, and illustrated in Sotheby’s: Thirty
Years in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2003, pl. 103; another sold
in our London rooms, 14th May 2008, lot 297.
$ 20,000-40,000

北宋 定窰白釉刻魚紋大盌

來源：
Cornelius Osgood博士 (1905-1985) 收藏

492
A ‘DING’ WHITE-GLAZED BOWL, NORTHERN forms, often derived from contemporaneous silver and
SONG DYNASTY lacquer vessels and found favor with the court and wealthy
monasteries during the Song and Jin periods.
Diameter 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm
For similar bowls, see one, with incised floral motif to the 494
PROVENANCE exterior, previously in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
Spink & Son Ltd., London, circa 1980. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE
Collection of Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014). Porcelain of the Song dynasty (I), vol. 32, Hong Kong, 1996, COLLECTION
pl. 47; and another in the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, A QINGBAI LOBED EWER AND COVER,
Finely potted, the bowl’s deep rounded sides curve gently illustrated in Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, London, 1982,
to a slightly everted rim. Glazed evenly overall, the ivory SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
glaze further complements the bowl’s elegant silhouette. pl. 33. Height 9⅝ in., 24.5 cm
The present bowl is characteristic of the wares produced at ⊖ $ 20,000-30,000
the Ding kilns during the Song dynasty. Ranked among the ⊖ $ 20,000-30,000
‘Five Famous Wares of the Song Dynasty’, a term coined 北宋 定窰白釉盌
by collectors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Ding ware 南宋 青白釉瓜棱式執壺連蓋
is celebrated for its thin potting, fine white body, which
does not require a slip to appear white after firing, and an 來源： 494
ivory-colored glaze which tends to run in somewhat darker Spink & Son Ltd.，倫敦，約1980年
‘tears’. Ding wares enjoyed great renown for their elegant Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) 收藏

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