A fine Chinese ding yao dish

A fine Chinese ding yao dish, the slightly flared sides rising from the short foot rim, the interior freely carved with flowing lotus sprays beneath an ivory tinged glaze, Northern Song dynasty 960-1127 AD, 16.9cm. Provenance: formerly from an English private collection, purchased from Bluett & Sons. Cf. Krahl, Yuegutang: a Collection of Chinese ceramics in Berlin, no.148, p.190 for similar examples.