A Dingyao persimmon-glazed dish, Northern Song Dynasty. Photo: Bonhams.

The shallow dish potted with a flat interior rising from a cleanly-cut unglazed foot to a flared mouth rim, covered overall in a reddish-brown coloured glaze. 16cm diam. Estimate HK$ 100,000 - 200,000 (€9,500 - 19,000). Unsold.

Provenance : Side Tang Collection

It is believed that Ding wares with persimmon glazes were produced after lacquer prototypes. The similarity in colour and form in the two materials is demonstrated by a persimmon-coloured lacquer tea-bowl stand, excavated from a Song tomb at Heqiao, Jiangsu province and a persimmon-coloured Ding ware teabowl-stand, as illustrated and discussed by R.Krahl, 'Song Lacquer: Model for Imperial Porcelain', Chinese Lacquer from the Jean-Pierre Dubosc Collection and Other, Eskenazi, London, 1991, p.10, figs.3-4. A Dingyao-type persimmon-glaze bowl was sold in our London rooms, 14 May 2009, lot 71. Compare also with a persimmon-glazed Ding-type mallow-shaped dish, previously in the collection of Lord Cunliffe, no.43, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 600.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014 14:00 HKT -http://www.bonhams.com/