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Rare large Dingyao bowl. Jin period, 12th/13th century. Shallow stoneware bowl from the Ding kilns with rounded walls and ivory-colored glaze on a metal-mounted foot ring. Inside a densely impressed lotus decoration and a meander border. The unglazed lip with copper ring. The Ding kiln in Dingzhou prefecture in Hebei province is one of the "Five Great Kilns" (Wu daming yao) of the Song period (960-1279) alongside the Ru, Ge, Guan and Jun kilns. In terms of hardness, fineness and color, Ding ware almost has the quality of hard porcelain, was usually left undecorated after firing and was highly valued at court. Bowls and plates were fired upside down, so the lip was left unglazed and then set in a thin metal ring. When the Manchurian Jin dynasty conquered the north of the empire, courtly tastes changed, new forms from other arts and crafts genres were introduced and the dense plant decorations became more delicate and more often individually modeled instead of pressed in. D 31.2 cm Provenance Dr. Otto Burchard (1892-1965), auctioned by Paul Graupe, Berlin, 22/23.3.1935, lot 101 Private collection, Northern Germany, acquired at the above auction Literature For a similar bowl from the Qing court collection, see: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (1), Hong Kong 1996, no. 77
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Rare large Dingyao bowl. Jin period, 12th/13th century. Shallow stoneware bowl from the Ding kilns with rounded walls and ivory-colored glaze on a metal-mounted foot ring. Inside a densely impressed lotus decoration and a meander border. The unglazed lip with copper ring. The Ding kiln in Dingzhou prefecture in Hebei province is one of the "Five Great Kilns" (Wu daming yao) of the Song period (960-1279) alongside the Ru, Ge, Guan and Jun kilns. In terms of hardness, fineness and color, Ding ware almost has the quality of hard porcelain, was usually left undecorated after firing and was highly valued at court. Bowls and plates were fired upside down, so the lip was left unglazed and then set in a thin metal ring. When the Manchurian Jin dynasty conquered the north of the empire, courtly tastes changed, new forms from other arts and crafts genres were introduced and the dense plant decorations became more delicate and more often individually modeled instead of pressed in. D 31.2 cm Provenance Dr. Otto Burchard (1892-1965), auctioned by Paul Graupe, Berlin, 22/23.3.1935, lot 101 Private collection, Northern Germany, acquired at the above auction Literature For a similar bowl from the Qing court collection, see: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (1), Hong Kong 1996, no. 77
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