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869 A FINELY MOLDED DING BOWL 北宋 金ǭ定窯白釉印花卉紋盌
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
The bowl has gently rounded sides rising to a notched, unglazed Ϝ源
rim and is crisply molded on the interior with four peony 藍理捷
紐約
編號
blossoms borne on leafy stems enclosing a floral spray in the
recessed center, all below a narrow keyfret border. It is covered
overall with a clear glaze of faint ivory tone continuing over the
small ring foot and recessed base.
6Ω in. (16.3 cm.) diam., cloth box
$40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4263.
Molded decoration on Ding wares was adopted in the latter
part of the Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127) and
flourished during the Jin dynasty (1115-1234). A similar lobed
molded Ding bowl of larger size similarly decorated with sprays
of peony blossoms and keyfret border, in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue
Dingzhou huaci: yuan cang Dingyai xi baici tezhan (Decorated
Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding wares from the
Collection of the National Palace Museum), Taipei, 2013,
p. 164, no. II-106, where it is dated Northern Song-Jin
dynasty, 12th century. Another lobed Ding bowl with closely
related molded floral decoration, also in the collection of the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated ibid., p. 165,
no. II-107, and dated Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century.

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