Lot 103 Dα

The Ding kiln in Dingzhou prefecture in Hebei province is one of the ‘Five Great Kilns’ (Wu daming yao) of the Song period (960-1279) alongside the Ru, Ge, Guan and Jun kilns. In terms of hardness, fineness and colour, Ding ware was almost of the same quality as hard porcelain, was usually left undecorated after firing and was highly valued at court. Bowls and plates were fired upside down, so the lip was left unglazed and then set in a thin metal ring. When the Manchurian Jin dynasty conquered the north of the empire, courtly tastes changed, new forms from other arts and crafts genres were introduced and the dense plant decorations became more delicate and more often individually modelled instead of impressed.

金朝 十二/十三世紀
罕見定窯蓮花紋大盤
來源：由Otto Burchard(1892-1965)博士收藏，1935年3月22/23日於柏林Paul Graupe售出， 編號101
德國北部私人收藏， 購於以上拍賣

河北省定州地區的定窯是宋代 (960-1279) 的“五大名窯”之一，與汝窯、哥窯、官窯、鈞窯並列。 就硬度、細度及色澤而言，定窯瓷器的質量幾乎與硬質瓷器相差無幾，燒成後通常不加裝飾，在宮廷中備受重視。碗與盤子在燒制過程中被顛倒而置，故而口沿無釉，俗稱“芒口”， 芒口遂常常被鑲嵌在薄薄的金屬邊圈中。
滿洲金朝征服北方後，宮廷品味發生了變化，其他手工藝流派的風格被吸收形成了新的工藝形式，繁復的植物裝飾變得更加精致，这些装饰多数单独由手工绘制， 而不是通过磨具大批量壓制而成。