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AN ELEGANT DINGYAO SAUCER DISH
Jin dynasty
Delicately molded with linear details on the interior with two swimming fish
surrounded by water weed and waves under a narrow band of clouds and
abstract serpents at the gently tapered sides and set off by a keyfret border
at the rim, the exterior plain, covered inside and out with a creamy toned clear
glaze.
4 5/8in (11.5cm) diameter

$5,000 - 7,000

金 定窰白釉模印雙魚紋盤
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELLA VIRGINA HOBART
(1876-1958)
858
A DINGYAO MOLDED ‘PHOENIX AND CARP’ BOWL
Jin dynasty
The shallow rounded sides rising from short foot ring, the interior molded with
a medallion enclosing a carp swimming in a lotus pond, encircled by a pair of
phoenix amid large lotus blossoms and other aquatic plants, all below a key
fret band and unglazed rim, the ivory-white glaze with an olive tinge.
7 3/8in (18.7cm) diameter
$6,000 - 10,000

金 定窰白釉印鳳凰蓮塘紋盌

Provenance:
Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent

A similar Jin dynasty dish was sold at Christie’s London, 14 May 2013,
lot 247, and another with an almost identical design was sold in our San
Francisco rooms, 18 Jun 2007, lot 6337.
PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
859
A CIZHOU ‘FLORAL’ MEIPING
11th/12th century
Of slender ovoid form, with rounded shoulders tapering towards the foot,
surmounted by a gently waisted neck with a wide flat lip, the cream-colored
slip stopping above the base and freely painted in iron-brown with leafy floral
sprays beneath a transparent glaze. 859
7 1/2in (19cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

十一/十二世紀 磁州窰白地褐彩花卉紋梅瓶
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