PROVENANCE: From the Collections of Henry Windermere (1932- 2018) Covington, Georgia, served US Army for more than 28 years, retiring as a colonel. His received many military medals. He then became Westminster Services training coordinator and working as a program director for a defense contractor based in Xianggang China. Among his varied interests and passions were collecting Chinese art pieces. Dimensions (cm): Diameter: 36 Height: 7 Chinese Song Dynasty Period Ding Ware Floral Motif Plate. The porcelain potted in shallow vessel form, thick and large, with broad wide central interior, rounded cavetto gently tapering to open wide, raised with round shallow draft, slight concave base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in pale white under glazed base color. Meticulous finish sgraffito with flowers blooms interspersed foliage and scrolling interlocking ruyi. There is not any overlap of the outlines, its well carved, clear, subtle, and distinct. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.