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Day-lilies (xuancao) gained their name for flowering only for one day. Compare with a related Dingyao dish carved with floral design, Song
In China it was known as wangyoucao, the ‘plant that dispels grief’; dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete
yinancao, or ‘favouring boy herb’ which expressed the desire for male Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song
offspring. Boldly-carved decorations featured on Ding ware are a Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, p.71, pl.62. A related pair of Dingyao
dynasty innovation and have a painterly quality. dishes, Song dynasty, is illustrated in Bright as Silver: White as Snow:
Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Examples
from the Kai-Yin Lo Collection , Hong Kong, 1998, pl.20.
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