DING WARE 'FOLIATE' BOWL NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

DING WARE 'FOLIATE' BOWL NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY 北宋 定窯白釉花口碗 the deep rounded lobed sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted foliate rim, applied on the thinly potted body save for the foot rim with an ivory white glaze (12.1cm diameter) Qty: (2) Footnote: Provenance: Private Scottish collection, has been collecting Asian ceramics for 25 years; acquired from R & G McPherson Antique, Kensington Church Street, London on 14 June 2002, with a photocopied handwritten receipt which stating the piece dated to the Northern Song Dynasty, c. 11th Century