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867 A CARVED DING ‘DAYLILY’ BOWL                         北宋 金ǭ十Հ 十Ӳ世紀ǭ
                                                                                                                                                   NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY      定窯白釉劃花萱草紋盌
                                                                                                                                                   The bowl has rounded sides that rise from the narrow foot and
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                                                                                                                                                   flaring slightly to the unglazed rim, and is boldly carved in the
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                                                                                                                                                   interior with a daylily spray bearing three large blossoms with
                                                                                                                                                   tightly curled leaves. It is covered overall with an ivory-tinted
                                                                                                                                                   clear glaze.                                       A very similar Ding ‘daylily’ bowl, but with a band at the rim,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      from the Qing Court Collection and now in the Palace Museum,
                                                                                                                                                   8¿ in. (20.7 cm.) diam., cloth box
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
                                                                                                                                                   $40,000-60,000                                     Palace Museum - 32 - Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      1996, p. 60, no. 52. Another Ding bowl carved with a daylily
                                                                                                                                                   PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      spray on the interior is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
                                                                                                                                                   J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4739.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      and illustrated in Dingzhou huaci: yuancang Dingyao xi baici tezhan
                                                                                                                                                                                                      (Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding Wares from the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Collection of the National Palace Museum), Taipei, 2013, p. 93,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      no. II-46.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The result of C-Link Research & Development Ltd.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      thermoluminescence test no. 1433ZA08 is consistent with the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      dating of this lot.



















        866 A SMALL GLAZED WHITE PORCELAIN                          北宋ǭ白釉蓋盒
               BOX AND COVER
               NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)                  Ϝ源
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               The box has straight narrow sides, with the underside angled in
               to a small ring foot enclosing a recessed base, and with a slightly
               domed cover. The box and cover are covered with a white slip
               and a transparent, ivory-tone glaze, which ends in an uneven line
               around the foot of the box.
               3º in. (8.3 cm.) diam., cloth box
               $15,000-25,000

               PROVENANCE:
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4845.

               Boxes of this shape can also be found in Ding ware. A Ding box
               of similar shape is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from
               the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Three (II), London, 2006, p. 435,
               no. 1433, where the author cites a similar box and cover discovered
               in 1985 amongst a group of Ding white porcelains from a tomb at
               Nanxinzhuang, Haidian district, Beijing municipality, dated to the
               early Jin period (AD 1125-1160).











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