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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.