Lot 20
  • 20

A FINE 'DING' MOULDED 'PEONY' DISH SONG DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

the gently curved sides rising from a short straight foot to a flaring rim, finely moulded to the interior with a dense leafy peony scroll, all within a border of short lengths of running scroll at the metal-mounted rim, covered overall in a white glaze pooling in characteristic teardrops on the underside

Provenance

Diedrich Abbes Collection, New York.

Mrs Alfred Clark Collection, no.551.

Sotheby's London, 25th March 1975, lot 37.

Exhibited

Orangerie Des Tuileries, 1937, no.602.

Literature

M.Medley, Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware, London, 1974, pl.90b.