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A RARE WHITE-GLAZED FOLIATE-RIM DISH FIVE DYNASTIES / NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
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the well-potted sides rising from a tall slightly flared foot to the rim cut into four bracket-lobed petals, each defined by a pointed tip in the center, applied overall with an ivory-white glaze, the base incised with a xin guan (New Official) mark, the footrim left unglazed revealing the white body
Condition
There is a chip to the tip of one bracklet-lobe, a polished chip to another, and a glaze flake to the tip of the third.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Very few examples of foliate-rim dishes with a high splayed foot appear to be published. See a dish of related form illustrated with a cup-like receptacle, cataloged as white-glazed, excavated in 2002 and now in the Ji'nan Institute of Archaeology illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji / Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2008, vol. 6, pl. 110.
For a related example attributed to the Ding kilns, see a foliate rim dish also with a xin guan mark but a flat foot, excavated in 1969 in Dingzhou, and illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese Ceramics], Shanghai, 1999-2000, vol. 7, pl. 42. Another related cupstand, also attributed to the Ding kilns, with a guan mark and excavated in 1969 in the Dingzhou Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji / Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2008, vol. 3, pl. 89; and another with a shorter foot, illustrated in Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding wares from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, p.37, pl. I-18.
For a related example attributed to the Ding kilns, see a foliate rim dish also with a xin guan mark but a flat foot, excavated in 1969 in Dingzhou, and illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji [Complete series on Chinese Ceramics], Shanghai, 1999-2000, vol. 7, pl. 42. Another related cupstand, also attributed to the Ding kilns, with a guan mark and excavated in 1969 in the Dingzhou Museum, is illustrated in Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji / Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2008, vol. 3, pl. 89; and another with a shorter foot, illustrated in Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding wares from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, p.37, pl. I-18.