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A RARE DINGYAO MOULDED ‘BUDDHIST 金 定窰印花佛獅戲球紋盤
LION’ DISH
JIN DYNASTY 來源：
家適公司，香港，1988年11月26日
well modelled with shallow sides rising from a short foot,
the flat centre of the interior finely moulded with a keyfret
band encircling a striding Buddhist lion reaching towards
a beribboned brocade ball, the mythical scene further
highlighted with scrolling motifs, applied with a clear creamy-
white glaze pooling in areas, the rim with a metal band
13.5 cm, 5⅜ in.

PROVENANCE

Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, 26th November 1988.

HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,800-38,700

Another Jin dynasty moulded Dingyao dish with a design of
frolicking lions in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, was
included in the Museum’s exhibition Decorated Porcelains of
Dingzhou. White Ding Wares from the Collection of the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, cat. no. II-118. It is larger (17.5
cm) than the current dish, sharing similar iconography as the
current dish, but differing in that it is decorated at the cavetto
with keyfret and classic scroll bands.

Production of Ding ware consisted mostly of small utilitarian
wares such as dishes and bowls initially left undecorated
or hand carved in the 10th to 12th centuries. From the late
Northern Song period, craftsmen moved away from incised
decoration to using mushroom-shaped moulds which were
similar to those used for casting gold and silver vessels. The
clay was pressed onto the relief-decorated mould before
the edges were trimmed down, to ensure the piece retained
the form as well as the thinness and lightness of precious
materials. This technique allowed for the manufacture of a
large number of vessels, thereby satisfying the demand of the
market.

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