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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1990

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A SMALL DING MALLOW-FORM DISH
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

宋 定窯花口小盤

The dish is delicately potted with a fat base rising to gently fared sides
and a six-petal foliate rim divided to the interior with a line of raised slip.
It is covered in a creamy white glaze with the exception of a thin ring
encircling the base, exposing the pure white ware.

4º in. (10.8 cm.) diam., wood box

£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800

PROVENANCE:

R.F.A Riesco label to base.
Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.

來源：英國里埃斯科珍藏標籤

Compare the current dish to two almost identical examples in the
collection of the National Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song
Dynasty (I), Vol. 32, Hong Kong 1996, p. 80, no. 71.

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A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON ‘TWIN CARP’ DISH
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)

宋 龍泉青釉貼塑雙魚紋小盤

The ribbed dish is applied to the centre with two fsh and is covered in
a pale celadon glaze, pooling within the crevices of the decoration and
thinning to beige at the rims.

5¿ in. (13 cm.) diam.

£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800

PROVENANCE:

Private European Collection acquired prior to 1990.

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