A 'Ding' white-glazed bowl, Northern Song dynasty | 北宋 定窰白釉盌

Spink & Son Ltd., London, circa 1980.

Collection of Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014).

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Spink & Son Ltd.，倫敦，約1980年

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) 收藏

Finely potted, the bowl's deep rounded sides curve gently to a slightly everted rim. Glazed evenly overall, the ivory glaze further complements the bowl's elegant silhouette. The present bowl is characteristic of the wares produced at the Ding kilns during the Song dynasty. Ranked among the 'Five Famous Wares of the Song Dynasty', a term coined by collectors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Ding ware is celebrated for its thin potting, fine white body, which does not require a slip to appear white after firing, and an ivory-colored glaze which tends to run in somewhat darker 'tears'. Ding wares enjoyed great renown for their elegant forms, often derived from contemporaneous silver and lacquer vessels and found favor with the court and wealthy monasteries during the Song and Jin periods.

For similar bowls, see one, with incised floral motif to the exterior, previously in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song dynasty (I), vol. 32, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 47; and another in the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, illustrated in Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, London, 1982, pl. 33.