A 'Ding' bowl and cover, Northern Song / Jin dynasty | 北宋 / 金 定窰白釉蓋盌

A 'Ding' bowl and cover

Northern Song / Jin dynasty

北宋 / 金 定窰白釉蓋盌

the deep, slightly incurved walls supported on a short straight foot, below a flat domed cover with a sloping everted rim and belt buckle-form finial, both covered in an ivory-white glaze pooling in characteristic teardrops along the lower reaches of the jar, the base unglazed and inscribed with a yue character (2)

盌底墨字：岳

Height 5 in., 12.7 cm