A rare carved Dingyao 'twin fish' lobed bowl, Northern Song dynasty | 北宋 定窰白釉劃雙魚紋葵口盌

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A rare carved Dingyao 'twin fish' lobed bowl,

Northern Song dynasty

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北宋 定窰白釉劃雙魚紋葵口盌

with gently curved sides supported on a knife-pared foot, rising to a lobed rim with six indentations, incised to the interior with a medallion enclosing a pair of fish swimming amongst water reeds, applied overall with an ivory-tinged glaze pooling in characteristic teardrops on the exterior, metal-bound rim

23.9 cm