A Chinese Ding carved 'lotus' dish

Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
The shallow dish potted with slightly rounded sides rising to a wide rim, the interior carved with a large lotus leaf and bloom, the exterior with two incised horizontal lines, covered overall in a warm white glaze.
Diam. 11.5 cm

Provenance:
- Collection Michel Paciello, Venice (2003)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam

Compare:
- Chinese Ceramics, Song Yuan Dynasty, Taipei 1987, p. 164, 167 and 171
- [exhib.cat.] Ting Ware, National Palace Museum, Taipei 1987, no. 111