A rare small carved 'Ding'-type white-glazed 'lotus' water pot, Northern Song dynasty

Compare a closely related water pot in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in the museum’s Special Exhibition of Ting Ware White Porcelain, Taipei, 1987, cat. no. 13; and another example, from the Bai Ma Xuan Collection, sold in our New York rooms, 17th / 18th March 2015, lot 198.