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29 novembre 2015

A ‘Ding’ ‘lotus’ lobed bowl, Northern Song dynasty

A ‘Ding’ ‘lotus’ lobed bowl, Northern Song dynasty

A ‘Ding’ ‘lotus’ lobed bowl, Northern Song dynasty

A ‘Ding’ ‘lotus’ lobed bowl, Northern Song dynasty. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 HKD (33,991 - 56,651 EUR ). Photo Sotheby's

finely potted with rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted lobed rim with six notches, the interior incised with an elegant lotus spray meandering across the vessel, the white body covered with an ivory-tinted glaze - 21.6 cm., 8 1/2  in.

ProvenanceA Japanese family collection since the 1900s.

NotesThis elegant bowl is representative of classic Ding designs of the Northern Song dynasty. The restrained yet flowing lines of the decoration successfully capture the spirit and grace of the lotus flower while accentuating the refined quality of the porcelain body. Symbolic of purity and integrity because it rises clean from muddy water, the lotus was a popular motif throughout the Song dynasty and frequently featured on white-glazed Ding ware.

A bowl of this type, in the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, is published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 52; another is published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum. Ting Ware and Ting-Type Ware, Taipei, 1973, pl. 41; and a third, from the Jingguangtang collection, included in the exhibition Gems of Chinese Art. Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation, The Empress Palace Museum, Singapore, 1992, cat. no. 46, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 18th September 1997, lot 144. See also a bowl sold in our London rooms, 7th June 2000, lot 98; a slightly larger example, sold in these rooms, 2nd May 2000, lot 588, and again in our London rooms, 16th May 2012, lot 88; and a slightly smaller example also sold in our London rooms, 9th November 2005, lot 215.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 déc. 2015, 02:00 PM

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