A rare Dingyao moulded 'floral' bowlJin DynastyThe thinly potted bowl with a plain exterior and typical olive teardrop trails, the interior crisply moulded in six panels each with an upright cluster of floral sprays including daisy, peony and camellia, a strip of corroded metal adhering at one point to the unglazed biscuit rim, fitted box.19.3cm (7 5/8in) diam. (2).注脚金 定窯白釉印花卉紋盌 Provenance: Cheng Te-k'un, prior to October 1950Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1950Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Sold at Bonhams London, 11 November 2002, lot 16Acquired from R & V Tregaskis, Sydney, on 3 February 2010, no.2896The Reid Collection來源： 1950年10月前，Cheng Te-k'un先生舊藏英國倫敦古董商，Bluett & Sons Ltd.，1950年劍橋大學菲茨威廉博物館東方藝術部名譽主任，Rolf Cunliffe勳爵(1899-1963)舊藏倫敦邦瀚斯，2002年11月11日，拍品編號16現藏家於2010年2月3日購自悉尼古董商R & V Tregaskis，編號2896Reid 收藏For a very similar Dingyao bowl, early 13th century, see Teiyo hakuji, Tokyo, 1983, no.133. For another similarly-moulded bowl in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, but with a central medallion of two fish, see B.McElney, Inaugural Exhibition, vol.1 Chinese Ceramics, Bath, 1993, no.88.; Another related Ding bowl with floral patterns in six sections around the interior, Song dynasty, is illustrated in Selected Chinese Antiquities from the Collection of Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Stockholm, 1948, pp.118-119, pl.75.