Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1279)
with thinly potted flaring sides, finely moulded in relief with a continuous frieze of two large carp swimming in a pond of rippling water, separated by lotus, lily pads, sagittarius and other aquatic plants, the recessed central medallion also moulded with lotus plants in rippling water, and with a narrow band of stylized wave motifs below the rim, covered inside and out with a coffee-brown glaze continuing over the small ring foot, the lipless rim left unglazed showing the fine white porcelain.
Diameter 61⁄4 inches (15.9 cm)
From the Collection of Carl Kempe (1884–1967), Ekolsund, Sweden
Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 134, no. 421
Wirgin, “Sung Ceramic Designs,” B.M.F.E.A., Bulletin no. 42, Stockholm, 1970, pl. 90-a
Chinese Ceramic Treasures: A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 623
宋 紫定印花碗 徑 15.9 厘米