Lot 3111. A rare small Ding moulded ‘Mandarin Ducks’ dish, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 400,000 (USD 38,868 - USD 51,824). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
The shallow dish is delicately moulded on the interior with a pair of mandarin ducks, one standing on an embankment and the other is swimming amidst lotus and other aquatic plants. The cavetto is decorated with a band of dense foliate scroll below an everted rim. The dish is covered in an even glaze of ivory tone. The rim is bound with a metal band. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam., box
Notes: Compare with five closely related examples. The first previously in the collection of Edward T. Chow, illustrated in The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin: Sung Ceramic Designs, no. 42, Stockholm, 1970, pl. 97b; the second from the Art Institute of Chicago, Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1925. 1009; the third, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collections, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1980, no. 17; the fourth, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, illustrated in Orientations, June 2000, p. 78, fig. 9; the last example of similar size was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November, 2014, lot 3224.
Dish with Mandarin Ducks in a Lotus PondJin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century. Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration; metal rim. H. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.); diam. 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.). Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1925.1009 © 2016 The Art Institute of Chicago.
Dish (Pan) with a Pair of Mandarin Ducks, China, Hebei Province, Quyang County, Jin dynasty, 1127-1234. Ding ware, molded stoneware with impressed decoration, transparent glaze, and banded metal rim. Height: 1/2 in. (1.27 cm); Diameter: 5 1/2 in. (13.97 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan V. Hammer (54.37.4), Los Angeles County Museum of Art © Museum Associates 2016.
Lot 3224. A rare small moulded 'mandarin ducks'Ding dish, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 700,000 (USD 64,752 - USD 90,653). Price Realised HKD 1,000,000 (USD 129,556). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2014.
The shallow dish is delicately moulded on the interior with a pair of mandarin ducks, one standing on an embankment and the other is swimming amidst lotus and other aquatic plants. The cavetto is designed with a band of dense foliate scroll below a broad mouth rim. All covered in an even glaze of ivory tone pooling to pale olive in the recesses. 5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box.
Property from the Yiqingge Collection
Literature: Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. one, Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo, 1976, no. 389
Notes: Compare with four closely related examples. The first previously in the collection of Edward T. Chow, illustrated in Sung Ceramic Designs, no. 42, Stockholm, 1970, pl. 97b; the second from the Art Institute of Chicago; the third, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1980, no. 17. The last example is from the collection in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, illustrated in Orientations, June 2000, p. 78, fig. 9.
Christie's. Chinese Ceramics From The Yangdetang Collection, 30 November 2016, Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall