Lot 38. A rare small moulded Ding box and cover, Northern Song Dynasty, 11th-12th century; 6.7cm long (2). Sold for €5,376. © Bonhams 2001-2024

Both box and cover of conforming trefoil shape, with slightly tapering straight sides and flat base, the domed cover with a central six-petalled flower-head moulded in relief and set within a beaded border repeated around the rim of the cover, covered overall with a glaze of warm ivory tone pooling to a light olive tone in the recessed parts of the design, part of the interior rim unglazed and the base unglazed.

Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London
Collection of R.F.A. Riesco (1877-1964), Croydon, no.101
Sotheby's London, 23 June 1970, lot 12
Hans Popper Collection
Eskenazi Ltd., London, November 2005
A European private collection.

Published: René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, Tokyo, 1973, no.96
Eskenazi Ltd., London, Song Ceramics from the Hans Popper Collection, London, November 2005, no.17

Bonhams. CHINESE ART, Paris, 12 June 2024