delicately potted, each with shallow, gently flaring sides resting on a wide flat base, the center freely carved with a leafing floral spray, covered overall in a warm ivory-colored glaze pooling to a deeper creamy tone in the recesses, the rim unglazed (2)

Christie's London, 16th November 1999, lot 163.
Priestly & Ferraro Chinese Art, London, 2006.

Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal, 2015, pls 145-146.

Overall with a few minute nicks to the rims, expected minor firing imperfections and scratches, especially to the interior of one dish.
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The daylily blossom is a frequent motif in Ding ware, often deftly carved as seen on the present pair of dishes. Six similar dishes are illustrated in Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou: White Ding Wares from the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, pls. II 47-52. Compare also a pair sold in our London rooms, 9th June 1987, lot 139; a pair sold at Christie's New York, 7th November 2006, lot 145; and a single dish from the Ira and Nancy Koger Collection, sold in the same rooms, 19th September 2006, lot 203 (part lot).