A RARE MARBLED SAUCER DISH, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

A RARE MARBLED SAUCER DISH

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

北宋 絞胎盤

the shallow sides resting on a wide flat base and everting to a cream colored lipped rim, overall with fine swirling brown and cream striations loosely grouped in concentric circles, all under a lustrous warm glaze save for a ring at the base 

Diameter 6¾ in., 17 cm