Lot 192. A molded 'Ding' dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 7 7/8  in., 20 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to a hexalobed rim, molded on the interior with a central medallion of a bronze vessel displaying flowers and surrounded by six further panels of similar design, a band of ruyi borders below the rim, covered overall with a creamy white glaze with characteristic teardrop streaks running down the exterior, metal bound rim.

Property from the  Bai Ma Xuan Collection

Note: See a related Ding bowl with a similar design, in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou, Taipei, 2014, p. 226, pl. II-157.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art New York, 17 march 2015, 02:00 PM