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Rim
Dish with Scalloped
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This thin-cored dish has an equiv- designs. Much of the gilt decoration on the
lacquer
lth-13th century
Song dynasty,
Black with traces alent in the ceramics manufactured in lacquered dish has worn off with age and use,
ofgold
lacquer
northern China the Exact but a floral and a scroll can
Diam. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) during Song period. spray geometric
formal resemblance can be found in some Ding still be seen in the center and on the rim, respec-
Promised Florence and Herbert
Gift of
Irving
wares, down to the scalloped rim and raised tively. Its present monochromatic tone may
edge. Another shared feature is the presence look plain, but the original appearance of this
of gilding. Some Ding wares are ornamented dish was much more ornate.
with gold leaf applied on top of painted WAS

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