JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

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A DING MOULDED ‘PHOENIX’ DISH
JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
The shallow dish has gently rounded sides and is moulded on the interior with twin phoenix shown in flight, on a dense ground of leafy floral sprays, above a central medallion of a long-tailed bird and a profusion of floral sprays, all under a glaze of creamy-white tone.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam, box

Provenance

J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2007
Eskenazi, London, no. A520

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Lot Essay

Compare to a similar Ding dish moulded with twin phoenix on the cavetto surrounding a medallion of louts dated to the Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, illustrated in Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou, White Ding wares from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, p. 235, no. II-163.

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