A SUPERB AND VERY RARE CARVED DING 'PEONY' DISH, NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)

A SUPERB AND VERY RARE CARVED DING 'PEONY' DISH
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (960-1234)
The shallow dish is elegantly potted with slightly rounded sides rising to a wide, everted rim. The interior is carved with two large peony blossoms borne on undulating, leafy stems, and the rim is carved with classic scroll. The dish is covered overall with a warm ivory-white glaze below the unglazed rim mounted with a copper band.
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) diam., cloth box

Provenance
C. T. Loo & Co, by 1941.
The Forbes Family Collection, Naushon Island, Massachusetts.
Eskenazi, London, 2007, no. C3670.

Literature
C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, no. 570.
Eskenazi, Song Chinese ceramics 10th to 13th century (part 3), New York and London, 2007, pp. 22-23, no. 4.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 46-47, no. 11.

Exhibited
C. T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1 November 1941 to 30 April 1942.
Eskenazi, Song Chinese ceramics 10th to 13th century (part 3), New York, 19 to 31 March 2007.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.