Lot 104. A rare ‘Ding’ dish, Song Dynasty (960-1127). Diameter 5 5/8  in., 14.3 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 56,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

of shallow saucer shape resting on a low wedge-shaped foot ring, the interior crisply carved with a chilong curled to form a medallion encircled by floral sprays, one bearing a large peony, the other a lotus, the petals with delicately incised and combed details, the underside plain, all under an ivory glaze, the rim bound in metal.

Provenance: Mrs. Lily H. Yu.
Sotheby’s London, 13th – 14th November 1972, lot 320.
Sotheby’s London, 8th July 1974, lot 136.
Sotheby’s London, 12th December 1978, lot 357.
Sotheby’s New York, 15th June 1983, lot 216.

Exhibited: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, on loan, 2007-2008.

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 16 sept. 2014