Lot 1490. A small Dingyao flower-form dish, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) together with a small qingbai dish, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); Both: 4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price realised USD 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013 

The shallow dish has slightly curved sides scored as six petals that flare from the flat base to the petal-cut rim, and is covered overall with a glaze of ivory tone. Together with a small qingbai dish, Southern Song dynasty, that has shallow rounded sides and is carved in the slightly convex center with a leafy peony spray, and is covered overall with a transparent glaze of pale aqua color, box .

Provenance: Both: C. Edwards Wells, Bridgewater, Connecticut, December 1963.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Else Sackler Collection, and thence by descent within the family.

Exhibited: Dingyao dish: Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013