A small Dingyao 'lotus' bowlNorthern Song DynastyFinely potted with thin deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, the interior carved with a single lotus flower spray amidst scrolling foliage, all covered with a creamy ivory-white glaze.9cm (3 1/2in) diam. 注脚北宋 定窯白釉刻蓮紋小盌Provenance: The Honorable Mr. Justice Robert Tang Kwok-ching, SBS, The Xiwenguozhai Collection, Hong KongMarchant, LondonA London private collection來源：香港大紫荊勳章受勳者鄧楨法官，喜聞過齋舊藏英國倫敦古董商，Marchant英國倫敦私人收藏Published and Illustrated: Marchant, Chinese Ceramics Han to Song, London, 2018, no.13展覽著錄：英國倫敦，Marchant，《中國陶瓷：由漢至宋》，2018年，編號13A comparable Dingyao cup is illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol.1, pp.204-205, no.361; another related Dingyao bowl, Song dynasty, is illustrated in Bright as Silver White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Examples from the Kai-Yin Lo Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pp.122-123, pl.19; see also a further example of a Dingyao bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York is illustrated by S.G.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1975, p.89, no.82.