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870 A VERY RARE AND FINELY MOLDED 北宋 金ǭ定窯白釉印花雙魚紋洗
DING ‘TWIN FISH’ WASHER
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234) Ϝ源
藍理捷
紐約
編號
The washer is molded on the interior with a pair of fish swimming
in tandem amidst frothing waves, encircled by two sinuous chilong
on the rounded sides below a keyfret border and unglazed rim. It
is covered overall with a translucent glaze of pale ivory tone.
4Ω in. (11.4 cm.) diam., brocade box
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4627.
For a Ding washer of this form molded with fish and a keyfret
border, from the Qing Court Collection, see The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 32 - Porcelains of the
Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, p. 92, no. 83. See, also,
the Ding shards molded with closely related fish designs in the
collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Gugong
bowuyuan cang Zhongguo gudai yaozhi biaoben (Examples of
Ancient Chinese Kiln Sites in the Palace Museum Collection),
vol. II: Hebei, Beijing, 2006, pp. 224-25, no. 186.

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