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A FINE RARE DING TURTLE-FORM TEA GRINDER ٬೐ᒁᕪ ೜⒌Ⅾ⁆㹳ྌ⪱⌘
EARLY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURY
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The vessel is naturalistically modelled as a turtle with a small
ٳᘹצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
curled tail and a short protruding head, the back incised with a
honeycomb pattern, glazed in a semi-translucent greenish-white ჺᯇ࢈໸႔Ⴊ⎉ᓒ㬱ሂཀ౲஠༈卿஠༈ᅤᙻ࢈໬ߝჺഎჹ
glaze stopping neatly in a circle above the base, revealing the fine, ⯞இՀჺ卻 卼卿⋁ԋ߅கӬ։໸⚨⎊≢䂏卿㞏ⰰǮ⫭கࣿ
beige biscuit body. ཨ༿⯝ទᐽ৅㬳჎⏟ַ卿→⻦໸႔ࢷ⁒㱦卻ވˏ卼ǯᝢ㪈⥂Ḗ
3 in. (9.5 cm.) long, box
┵ၾ໸⚨㚃நՔᝪ߅கᙇ։⎊≢䂏⎏᫬‷卿໸ჺ࢈໬ߝឆ卿→
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000 ⻦ᯇ࢈⏥ᙔ⁒Ⓔ♾Ꮢ卿 ჺཿ㈇ᙻഌ㩌ែᰑ㪃┵⧻ワ㱦Ƕ໸
⚨厍໸⚨Ĝܵ㪿ȵɖ⎊ȹӽ⊤Ĝ⚨ந⎇ᓒᎰ៧ཿǷ卿எ㢙எ‸
PROVENANCE
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Sold at Christie’s London, 9 November 2010, lot 117
A closely related Ding turtle-form vessel of similar glaze, body
and size was discovered in the underground chamber of the
Jingzhi Temple Pagoda in Dingzhou, constructed in 977 during
the early years of the Northern Song dynasty. The vessel is now
in the collection of the Dingzhou Museum in Hebei (fig. 1).
Sherds of similar Ding turtle vessels, also dating to the early
Northern Song period, were excavated from the Ding kiln site
in Jianciling, Quyang, exhibited at The Museum of Oriental
Ceramics, Osaka, Ding Ware: The World of White Elegance.
Recent Archaeological Findings, Osaka, 2013, nos. 16-18.

fig. 1 Collection of Dingzhou Museum
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