北宋 定窰印佛獅戲球紋盤

rising from a tapering foot, the interior moulded with a Buddhist lion and a beribboned brocade ball amidst floral scrolls, further surrounded by two chilong and cloud scrolls, applied with a creamy-white transparent glaze pooling in areas

There is a shallow minute flake inside the rim and another tiny on the outside of the rim. There are some expected imperfections to the footrim including a couple of small chip to the outside edge with some small glaze pulls around and further occasional typical fritting or firing imperfections in the glaze, but overall the dish is in good condition.
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A closely related dingyao dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, probably made from the same mould, was included in the Museum's exhibition Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou. White Ding wares from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, p. 181, cat. no. II-118.