{"product_id":"a-ding-carved-lotus-dish-northern-song-jin-dynasty","title":"A Ding carved lotus dish – Northern Song \/ Jin Dynasty","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #333333; background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a flared rim, freely carved to the interior with a large blossoming lotus and leaf in a pond within an incised medallion. It is covered overall in an ivory-white glaze pooling in tear-drops to the exterior. The mouth rim is left unglazed revealing the fine porcelain body. This dish comes with a custom fit box.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #333333; background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e Northern Song \/ Jin dynasty (12\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-13\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSize: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eDiameter 18 cm, height 3.7 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eCondition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eVery good condition, minor manufacturing imperfections and typical irregularities to the footring, no cracks or repairs found under UV-light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e Private Taiwanese collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSKU:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e 264\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eReferences:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e A related dish, attributed to the Ding kilns, was excavated at the Tuchengzi city site in Inner Mongolia, and it’s illustrated in \u003ci\u003eComplete Collection of Ceramic Art unearthed in China – Inner Mongolia\u003c\/i\u003e, Zhang Bai, Science Press, Bejing, 2008, Plate 119 (last photo).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSeveral related dishes have been sold by Sothebys in New York, one in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/buy\/auction\/2022\/important-chinese-art-2\/a-carved-ding-lotus-dish-northern-song-dynasty-bei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSeptember 2022\u003c\/a\u003e, one in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/auctions\/ecatalogue\/2017\/important-chinese-works-of-art-n09674\/lot.85.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSeptember 2017\u003c\/a\u003e, and one in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/auctions\/ecatalogue\/2017\/saturday-at-sothebys-n09666\/lot.1029.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMarch 2017\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eMore info\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/florenantiques.com\/collections\/northern-white-wares\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eNorthern White Ware\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Floren Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57673602498885,"sku":"264","price":2600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/2184\/9413\/files\/carvedlotusdingdishjindynasty3.jpg?v=1776078001","url":"https:\/\/florenantiques.com\/products\/a-ding-carved-lotus-dish-northern-song-jin-dynasty","provider":"Floren Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}