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A RARE AND FINELY CARVED DINGYAO 北宋至金 定窰刻萱草紋圓蓋盒
‘DAYLILY’ BOX AND COVER
NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY 來源：
家適公司，香港，1990年以前
of circular section, the box with straight sides and a tapered
lower body supported on a countersunk base, the gently
domed cover delicately incised with a daylily bloom borne on
an undulating stem bearing slender curling leaves, the exterior
covered overall save for the unglazed footring with a clear
ivory-tinged glaze showcasing the white body
10 cm, 3⅞ in.

PROVENANCE
Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, prior to 1990.

HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,700-52,000

Incised with a single daylily among scrolling leaves, the
present dish represents a superb and spirited example of its
type, demonstrating the excellent carving skill of the artisan.
Originating in the late Northern Song dynasty, this attractive
design of a daylily became popular in the early Jin dynasty and
was often found on excavated pieces from Jin dynasty cellars
and tombs. Similar examples were also unearthed from the
Ding kiln site in Hebei, such as a dish of similar decoration
but straight flaring sides, attributed to the Jin dynasty,
preserved in Hebei Institute of Cultural Relics. It was exhibited
in Selection of Ding Ware: the Palace Museum’s Collection and
Archaeological Excavation, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2012, cat.
no. 105, together with another example from the collection
of Palace Museum, Beijing, which is mounted with a metal
rim and featured with slender petals, cat. no. 104. Several
dishes of comparable shape and decoration from the Qing
court collection are preserved in the National Palace Museum,
Taipei. They are also mounted with metal rims and attributed
to the Jin dynasty, included in Decorated Porcelains of
Dingzhou: White Ding wares from the collection of the National
Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, cat.
nos II 47-52.

A smaller undecorated Dingyao box and cover from the Yang
De Tang Collection was sold in our New York rooms, 17th
March 2015, lot 66.

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