Molded Dingyao Teabowl with Peonies, Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate : 2 000 € / 2 600 €. Photo Auctionata

Thin-walled bowl on flat foot rim. Elaborately molded decoration on the inside. Scrolls with peonies underneath a leiwen border. Stylized depiction of a Chilong dragon in the center . Unglazed mouth rim - Height: 5 cm. Diameter 16,5 cm. Very good condition 

Literature: cf. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, Taipei 1987, no. 111-113 

Testing of the glaze by X-ray fluorescence analysis, performed by CEZ Archäometrie gGmbH (Mannheim), is consistent with the dating of this lot 

Note: The bowl is a classic example of the fine Dingyao products from the 12th to the 13th century. The shape and the décor were derived probably from metalwork. A wooden form served as a model for the bowls body. The difficulty for the potter was, however, to obtain the inner decoration in its exact representation. The design of the daylily flowers was extremely popular on Ding wares, so that the ornament can be found on various porcelain pieces. A similar dish in shape and decoration can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. C.110-1939), in the Liaoning Provincial Museum, the National Palace Museum in Taipei as well as in the National Palace Museum in Hong Kong.

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