Lot 222
![[PRIVATE TAIWANESE COLLECTION] RARE CHINESE DING-WARE WHITE-GLAZED 'LOTUS POND' CIRCUALR BOX AND COVER](https://media.app.artisio.co/media/104cbde6-0d38-43cb-9e0f-bb721ef57bcf/inventory/12cff468-20f3-41a5-b215-fd8c6f870e3a/ccec4f80-526e-42c1-89d2-50bb5daf8363/0001_MCMgOy_original.jpeg)
[PRIVATE TAIWANESE COLLECTION] RARE CHINESE DING-WARE WHITE-GLAZED 'LOTUS POND' CIRCUALR BOX AND COVER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
北宋 定窯白釉刻蓮池紋圓形蓋盒
the sightly domed cover finely carved with blossoming lotus with large leaf, both the cover and box applied with raised bosses on both sides, covered overall with a lustrous glaze of pale ivory tone except for the short foot and part of the base, revealing the refined white porcelain body
Dimensions
9.3cm diameter
Provenance
Private Taiwanese collection
Exhibited: The National Museum of History, Taipei, 2008
Published: Cheng Qiren, 玉潤玄光 : 宋元名窯瓷器展 (Splendor of China- Song and Yuan Porcelain), The National Museum of History, Taipei, 2008, catalogue no. 9, exhibition no. 118, pp. 34-5
臺灣私人收藏
展覽：「玉潤玄光：宋元名窯瓷器展」，國立歷史博物館，臺北，2008。
著錄：成耆仁著：《玉潤玄光：宋元名窯瓷器展》，臺北：國立歷史博物館，2008，圖版9，展覽編號118，頁34-5。
Footnote
The present box and cover are exceedingly well potted with well balanced proportions, represents a superb example of its type, demonstrating the excellent carving skill of the artisan. Very few similar examples of this quality have been published. The National Palace Museum in Taipei has two Ding boxes of similar shape and carved with ‘daylily’ motif, dated to Northern Song/Jin dynasty, museum numbers: Gu Ci 故瓷14216 and 17042. Two further comparable Ding boxes of Song dynasty: one carved with lotus motif was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 9 Jul 2020, lot 2810; the other carved with floral motif and comparable raised bosses on the sides was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 639.