A small Dingyao molded saucer dish, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Lot 1272. A small Dingyao molded saucer dish, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 10,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013
The dish has shallow rounded sides and is molded in the center of the interior with a goat shown recumbent on a rock amidst wind-tossed waves below a band of foliate scroll in the well and a band of key fret at the rim, all under a glaze of slightly olive, ivory tone that continues onto the flat base.
Note: A Dingyao saucer dish molded with a similar scene and border, but bound with a metal rim, in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, is illustrated in Dingyao Baici Tezhan Mulu, (Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain), October 1987, no. 119.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013
