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AN EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY RARE
CARVED ‘DING’ ‘PEONY’ VASE
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
elegantly potted, of sumptuous meiping form, the full rounded
shoulder sweeping up from a slender waisted body to a short
cylindrical neck and everted rim, the body freely carved with
two luxuriant peony blooms framed by their foliage, all above a
band of overlapping petals at the foot, covered overall with an
exquisite ivory-white glaze, stopping neatly at the foot
Height 10 in., 25.3 cm
The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a
thermoluminescence test, C-Link Research and Development
Ltd., no. 8070EH14.
$ 500,000-700,000
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