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A RARE DINGYAO SPITTOON, ZHADOU
Northern Song Dynasty
Thinly potted with a compressed globular body incised around the
exterior with stylised lotus petals, the waisted neck surmounted by a
wide flared mouth carved with further floral motifs, covered overall in a
creamy-white glaze of ivory tone. 22cm (8 5/8in) diam.

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY70,000 - 110,000
北宋 定窰白釉劃蓮紋渣斗

Provenance: Berwald Oriental Art, London
Professor Conrad Harris, UK, acquired from the above on 30 April 2002

來源：英國倫敦古董商Berwald Oriental Art
英國康拉德 •哈里斯教授舊藏，於2002年4月30日購自前者

Dingyao zhadou vessels of this form are rare with very few published
examples. See one related ‘Ding’ zhadou , in the collection of the
Palace Museum, Beijing, similarly carved with lotus flowers borne on
an undulating scroll on the wide rim but with a truncated cylindrical
body, illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics,
Shanghai, 1999, vol.7, Part 11, no.20.

It is possible that the present lot is emulating a piece from the ‘Yue’
15 kilns in the south. See the 10th-11th century ‘Yue’ zhadou of similar
form, with globular body carved with upright lotus petals and a wide
rim incised with lotus scroll, in the collection of the National Museum
of Korea, Seoul, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Vol.12, Tokyo, 1977,
pls.41-42.Zhadou of this form also exist in slightly later Qingbai wares.
Compare with a Qingbai spittoon, Northern Song dynasty, in the Kai
Yin Lo Collection, illustrated in Bright as Silver, White as Snow, Hong
Kong, 1998, pl.29.

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
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A RARE DINGYAO MOULDED ‘BUDDHIST LION’ DISH
Song/Jin Dynasty
Finely potted rising from a recessed flat base to flaring sides, crisply
moulded to the interior with a striding Buddhist lion in pursuit of a
beribboned brocade ball amidst stylised scrolls, surrounded by a
key-fret border, applied overall with an even creamy-white glaze with
minor characteristic pooling to the exterior, the rim with a metal band.
13.5cm (5 3/8in) diam.

£12,000 - 15,000
CNY110,000 - 130,000
宋/金 定窯印花獅子戲球盤

Provenance: a distinguished English private collection

來源：英國顯赫私人收藏

The present Ding dish is noteworthy for the crisp moulded decoration,
successfully conveying the design of the playful Buddhist lion and
beribboned brocade ball encircled by the key-fret border.

A related Ding saucer dish decorated with a lion chasing a brocaded
ball encircled by a key-fret border and dragons, Northern Song/ Jin
dynasty, but of larger size, is illustrated by Tsai Meifen in Decorated
Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding Wares from the Collection of the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, no.II-118; and another of
the same design from the Sir Percival David Collection, in the British
16 Museum, London, is illustrated by M.Medley in Illustrated Catalogue of
Ting and Allied Wares, London, 1980, p.21, no.51.

A very similar Ding moulded dish, Jin dynasty, was sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 5 April 2017, lot 3203.

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