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A MOLDED ‘DING’ ‘PHEASANT’ DISH A Ding ware dish impressed with the same 北宋 / 金 定窰白釉印錦堂富貴
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY design is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei 圖盤
and illustrated in Decorated Porcelains of
the shallow, gently rounded sides rising to an Dingzhou, White Ding Wares from the Collection
everted rim, the center crisply molded with of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014.
a pair of pheasants, one poised atop craggy cat. no. II-135.
pierced rockwork, its almond-shaped head
turning towards its mate swooping downward $ 30,000-50,000
and meeting its gaze, its long tail trailing to
the grass-tufted ground, a luxuriant flowering
peony tree arching overhead, the cavetto with
an elegant foliate scroll, the rim plain and bound
with a metal band, all under a creamy ivory
glaze
Diameter 7 in., 17.8 cm

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