Lot 1836. A moulded Dingyao dish, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam. and a Dingyao lobed bowl, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam., Song dynasty (960-1279). Estimate: HK$100,000 - HK$150,000 ($12,875 - $19,312). Price Realized: HKD 93,750. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008

The dish finely potted of shallow rounded form, rising gently from the short neatly cut footring to the hexa-lobed rim, the interior crisply moulded in relief with a chi dragon in the central medallion amid cloud scroll enclosed by a delicatedly executed peony scroll and a band of key-fret below the metal bound rim, the exterior plain; the shallow bowl with conical sides, radiating ribs extending from the notched rim towards the centre, the impressions on the interior formed by deep vertical incision on the underside, covered overall with a transparent ivory-tinted glaze. Dish: Japanese wood box. Bowl: Japanese wood box.

Provenance: The dish - Kuchukyo, acquired 1980's
The bowl - Mayuyama, acquired 1980's

Christie's. Hong Kong. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 27 May 2008