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A SMALL WHITE GLAZED DINGYAO FIGURE OF A SEATED BOY WITH LOTUS FLOWERS, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
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09月12日 下午5点 开拍 / 09月10日 下午3点 截止委托
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A SMALL WHITE GLAZED DINGYAO FIGURE OF A SEATED BOY WITH LOTUS FLOWERS, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Published: Koos de Jong, Small China: Early Chinese Miniatures, 2021, p. 228, fig. 225.

China, Hebei Province, 960-1127. Well potted, the infant seated on the ground with legs crossed, showing a pensive expression on his face and styled with distinctive hair tufts. Wearing loose-fitting robes secured at the waist with a cord, the boy gently grasps a bundle of lotus flowers against his chest.

Provenance: Cheung King Antiques, Hong Kong, 1999. Collection of Dr. Koos de Jong, acquired from the above. A Dutch art historian and collector, Dr. Koos de Jong has worked across several cultural institutions in the Netherlands from 1976, serving as the director of the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch between 1999-2009, before retiring in 2009. He has authored hundreds of articles and several books on Dutch fine and decorative arts from the Middle Ages to the modern era. His scholarly interests expanded to Chinese material culture, culminating in the 2013 publication of Dragon & Horse: Saddle Rugs and Other Horse Tack from China and Beyond, a pioneering study on Chinese equestrian gear. Continuing this line of inquiry, his more recent book published in 2021, Small China: Early Chinese Miniatures, explores the largely overlooked world of Chinese miniature objects, combining archaeological research with art historical insight.
Condition: Good condition with expected wear and typical firing irregularities including pitting, dark spots, and glaze recesses. Fine nicks, encrustations, and small chips. A small loss to the foot with associated repairs. The head deliberately removed, consistent with ritual practices, and visibly reattached in restoration.

Weight: 31.0 g
Dimensions: Height 6.9 cm

Several ceramic figures of a mother, a child or a mother with child, produced during the Song, Jin and Yuan periods, display evidence of deliberate dismemberment of the head. Koos de Jong and other scholars have noted similar practices in Southeast Asia during earlier and contemporaneous periods, particularly in Burma and Thailand, where the ritual decapitation and burial of ceramic figurines depicting nursing mothers with children was likely intended to protect pregnant women and prevent miscarriage or stillbirth. It is purported that the Chinese specimens fulfilled a similar function.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related greenish white glazed porcelain figure of a standing woman holding a lotus leaf, China, Song dynasty (960-1279), 6.1 cm high, in the British Museum, museum number 1911,1025.19.

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