A 'DING-TYPE' 'DRAGON' DISH SONG DYNASTY

the widely flaring sides rising from a slightly concave base, freely carved to the interior with a sinuous dragon and covered overall in a transparent ivory glaze, 15.5cm., 6 1/8 in; together with a similarly glazed hemispherical bowl carved to the interior with lotus

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 511 and 509.

dish: The rim displaying scattered kiln grit, some fritting and iron spots. Minor iron spots and surface abrasion to the interior well and exterior sides. bowl: Small iron spots and specks of kiln grit in the interior and some on the exterior. A firing flaw on the rim 3 mm and approximately 4 small firing flaws on the interior, with one pinhole on the interior. Nibbles along the foot rim.
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