Lot 127
  • 127

A carved 'ding' bowl Northern Song Dynasty

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

the deep rounded sides left plain below a metal-mounted rim, the interior freely incised with a small central medallion of twin fish against combed waves, covered overall in an ivory-white glaze streaked with characteristic 'tear drops'; together with a white 'Xing' shallow dish, Tang dynasty, wood stands (4)

Provenance

'Ding' bowl: Collection of John Platt.
'Xing' dish: Parke-Bernet, New York, 23rd May 1969, lot 78.

Exhibited

Chinese Ceramics in Chicago Collections, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1982, cat.no. 45, p. 56.

Literature

Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1944, pl. 55, p. 184.