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A LARGE CARVED DING ‘DAYLILY’ BOWL ٬೐ ೜⒌ט⭬⫂⩈♄૰↢
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
ऑᯒ㇡῟卿ംऑᯒ߃㑌卿᳅⭬卿⎾ݤߴⶈⳞⱤ⡠எᡪ卿஄㑷卿
The bowl is elegantly modelled with slightly curving sides and an
㘻㵲ᙼ㎜⁅⎊㞏卿ࠧⱤ⤇ᢣ᱁ᜩǯ⎾ݤᏒ㱈ⶈⳞ⡠卿जࣻ⩠Ӭ
everted rim. The interior is finely and freely carved with a stem of
ཨ༿㖅ഌ卻⏜ᇎ ݩߎ卼Ԡ⏟ַ׾卿਑ᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ
feathery curled leaves bearing large daylily spray which traverses
ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯऔ㇦Ӭⷉऑ⎾卿ᦼᇖలⅧ⻦㪿⸆卿
the centre of the bowl, the walls are carved with further daylilies
growing from scrolling feathery stems bearing a large broad leaf. 㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
The exterior is divided into six lobes by shallow vertical strokes.
The bowl is covered allover except for the inner rim with an ivory
glaze.
9 ¿ in. (23.2 cm.), box
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-240,000
The present lot is remarkable for the elegant and delicate
execution of the flowers which decorate the interior, renders
it a fine example of the talent of Ding craftsmen. This bowl
shares an almost identical interior decoration with two larger
bowls (30 cm. and 25.8 cm.) with the former decorated with
further flowers to the exterior, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
26 November 2014, lot 3220, and the latter with subtly lobed
rim from the Le Cong Tang Collection sold at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 3 October 2017, lot 1. A line drawing of this design is
found in Li Zhan, Ding Yao Ceramics from the Beixuan Shuzhai
collection, Hong Kong, 2013, pp. 50-51, no. 19.
Compare a smaller bowl (13 cm. diam.) of similar form and
also carved with a simpler floral design which traverses the
interior from the Gordon collection sold at Christie’s New
York, 24 March 2011, lot 1122. A smaller foliate bowl also
bearing this design from the collection of Francis Stewart
Kershaw and on loan to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge,
was exhibited by J.J. Lally & Co. in Brush & Clay: Paintings by
Robert Ferris. Chinese Ceramics of the Song Dynasty from the
Artists’ Collection, New York, 1997, pp.84-85, no. 21. base
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