A rare small molded 'Ding' white-glazed 'mandarin duck' dish

Northern Song / Jin dynasty

北宋 / 金 定窰白釉印花鴛鴦穿蓮紋小盤

finely potted with the gently rounded sides rising from a countersunk base, crisply impressed to the interior with a mandarin duck in flight, the elegant bird depicted grasping a leafy stem in its beak, all amidst dense meandering lotus scrolls, surrounded by a classic scroll between keyfret bands around the cavetto, covered overall in an ivory-tinged glaze pooling in characteristic tear-drops on the exterior, the rim metal-bound

Diameter 5 ? in., 13.1 cm

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 12th April 1969.

Private Collection, and thence by descent.

來源

Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，1969年4月12日

私人收藏，此後家族傳承