Lot 511
  • 511

A FOLIATE ‘DING’ BOWL NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Estimate
26,000 - 40,000 HKD
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Description

  • porcelain
with gently rounded sides and a foliate rim, supported on a short narrow foot, the sides divided by faint vertical grooves into six lobes, covered overall with a creamy-white glaze pooling to characteristic tear drops on the underside

Provenance

A. Blanco White Collection (label).
Sotheby’s London, 16th November 1999, lot 3.

Exhibited

Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Sung Dynasty Wares. Ting, Ying Ch’ing and Tz’u Chou, London, 1949, no. 64 (label).

Condition

There are a few chips to the rim, the largest measuring approx. 1.3 cm. Minor firing imperfections.
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