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Small Ding Plate with Molded Lion
Jin Dynasty, 1127-1279
A.D., China
Diameter: 14cm
A small steep sided plate of porcelaineous stoneware with a viscous ivory colored glaze covering all but the edge of the rim. The interior is decorated with a finely impressed dense pattern of a strolling lion chasing a ribboned ball set within acircular key-fret and wave pattern. The inside cavetto is decorated with four strolling dragons set within two concentric key-fret rings. The outside is undecorated and the otherwise flat bottom has a very shallow foot rim.
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