Song dynasty (960-1279)The dish potted with shallow rounded sides with a flared rim and raised on a short foot, the interior crisply moulded with two large peony blooms among foliage and the exterior with overlapping petals, covered overall in an olive-green glaze.Diam. 19.4 cmProvenance:- Three Friends Studio Ltd, Chicago, IL (Niles) (2000)- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, AmsterdamCompare:- [exhib.cat.] Ice and Green Clouds (ed. Yutaka Mino), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis 1987, no. 61, p. 158- R. Kerr, Song Ceramics, V&A Museum, London 2004, no. 57 right, p. 60Note:The large size and the crisply moulded decoration of peony blooms make this dish a rare piece.