A small 'Ding' truncated meiping, Northern Song dynasty | 北宋 定窰白釉小口瓶

A small 'Ding' truncated meiping
Northern Song dynasty
北宋 定窰白釉小口瓶

Height 3 in., 7.6 cm

Condition Report:
In overall good condition with an original minute firing flaw above the foot and a slight lean in the body.
整體品相良好，足部上方見一微細胎瑕，瓶身微傾。

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Catalogue Note:
This particularly elegant form of a truncated meiping, enhanced by its warm ivory glaze, with only a single incised line for decoration, is a rare example produced by the Ding kilns. White truncated meiping are more commonly found amongst Cizhou wares, made relatively close by in southern Hebei province. The Ding versions are differentiated by their much more refined material and workmanship, being thinly potted from near-white clay. Compare Cizhou examples, including one illustrated in the 15th Anniversary Catalogue, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 699; and another from the Frederick M. Mayer Collection, sold at Christie's London, 24th-25th June 1974, lot 28.

Compare a Ding truncated meiping decorated in a rare brown-and-white sgraffiato technique in National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C., illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol.9, Tokyo, New York, and San Francisco, 1982, col. pl. 26.

Provenance:
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980).

Sotheby's London, 16th December 1980, lot 249.

Sotheby's New York, 4th December 1985, lot 129.

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倫敦蘇富比1980年12月16日，編號249

紐約蘇富比1985年12月4日，編號129