Dingyao Foliate Plate with Twin Fish Decoration, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Dia. 19 cm
A foliate-form porcelaneous stoneware plate with six sections separated by raised ridges, and the six petaled rim has an old metal binding. The interior center has an exuberantly carved depiction of two fish swimming in tandem among waves. The entire piece is covered with a translucent ivory colored glaze that pools to a taupe color, typical of Ding ware pieces of the period. The neatly molded foot-rim is also glazed. A similar example is published in Jan Wirgin’s
Sung Ceramic Design fig. 34 (6)
Provenance:
Sotheby Parke Bernet London, July 8/9, 1974, lot 137
Sotheby Parke Bernet Hong Kong, May 23, 1978, lot 14
Private Japanese Collection

Dingyao Foliate Plate with Twin Fish Decoration, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Dia. 19 cm
A foliate-form porcelaneous stoneware plate with six sections separated by raised ridges, and the six petaled rim has an old metal binding. The interior center has an exuberantly carved depiction of two fish swimming in tandem among waves. The entire piece is covered with a translucent ivory colored glaze that pools to a taupe color, typical of Ding ware pieces of the period. The neatly molded foot-rim is also glazed. A similar example is published in Jan Wirgin’s
Sung Ceramic Design fig. 34 (6)
Provenance:
Sotheby Parke Bernet London, July 8/9, 1974, lot 137
Sotheby Parke Bernet Hong Kong, May 23, 1978, lot 14
Private Japanese Collection