A moulded Ding ‘Deer' dish, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Estimate HK$1,200,000 - HK$1,800,000 (US$160,000-230,000). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The dish is moulded to the interior with a recumbent deer amid flowers and foliage, and covered with a creamy ivory glaze leaving the rim unglazed. 8º in. (21 cm.) diam.

PROVENANCE: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 11
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2011, lot 529 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART FROM THE YAOGUSHANFANG COLLECTION, 6 April 2015, 22nd Floor