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A SMALL WHITE GLAZED DINGYAO FIGURE OF A GIRL SEATED ON A LOTUS BLOSSOM, 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 GIRL SEATED ON A LOTUS BLOSSOM, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

China, Hebei Province, 960-1127. Well potted, the young girl seated kneeling atop a lotus pedestal, dressed in loose-fitting robes, and delicately holding a small gourd close to her chest. Her chubby face marked by diminutive eyes, a broad flattened nose, and full lips, flanked by small ears, and topped by a ribbon, pierced for suspension.

Provenance: Pou Fok Cong Dong, Macao, 1998. 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: Old wear, small losses, extensive repairs with associated restorations, otherwise good condition with typical firing irregularities including pitting, dark spots, and glaze recesses. Minor nicks, tiny chips, and one small loss to one ear.

Weight: 20.8 g
Dimensions: Height 6.2 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.

Fruit occupies a preeminent place among the foods depicted in early Chinese miniatures of the Song dynasty. Chief among these are the gourd (húlu), melon (gua) or pumpkin (nangua), peach (tao), pomegranate (shiliu), and star fruit (yangtao). Owing to their abundance of seeds, these fruits were closely associated with fertility, making such miniatures particularly appropriate as wedding gifts.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related greenish white glazed porcelain figure of a standing woman holding a lotus leaf, China, Song dynasty, dated 960-1279, 6.1 cm high, in the British Museum, museum number 1911,1025.19. Compare a related white glazed Qingbai ware figure of a seated woman holding a vase of lotus buds, China, Southern Song dynasty, dated 1127-1279, in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, accession number S2012.9.3288.

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