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16. RARE DINGYAO FOLIATE DISH
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The dish is sturdily potted rising from a high foot. The flaring sides end in a quatrefoil bracket-lobed, boldly cut rim of slightly irregular proportions. The glaze is of an even pale ivory tone, somewhat degraded on the interior, the exterior with areas of thicker glaze just below the rim. There are slight kiln adhesions around the clay of the foot ring; the unglazed base bears clear traces of wheel marks. This is one of the classic shapes of the late Tang and Five Dynasties period, very likely derived from gold and silver of that time. Several well-known examples include the bowl from the Falk Collection, published in Selections of Chinese Art from the Private Collections in the Metropolitan Area, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1966-1967, catalogue no. 36. Another is published in Illustrated Catalogue of Ting and Allied Wares, Percival David Foundation, London, 1980, pl. III, no. 10. Two dishes of identical shape in the Victoria and Albert Museum, one attributed to the Xing, the other to the Ding kilns, are published by Rose Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, pls. 33 and 33a where the difference appears to lie mainly in the construction of the foot. Compare also a dish of slightly smaller size illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shokakukan Series, vol. 11, col. pls. 90 and 91; Another dish of similar shape but with the sides indented at the corners of each lobe to give a square appearance and a profile that most closely resembles the current example, is illustrated, ibid., pls. 163 and 164. A slightly larger example is in the Freer Gallery of Art, illustrated by Margaret Medley, Tang Pottery and Porcelain, pl. 116. |
