A pair of Chinese dingyao moulded dishes Song/Jin dynasty, each carved with a continuous peony scroll, with prunus, vine leaves and ribbons, the well with two scaly fish amidst waves, all within a key fret band, 16.2cm. (2)

Provenance: the collection of Andrew Williams Esq., Oxfordshire.

Cf. R L Hobson, The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Pl.XXVI, no.C130, for a dish of a similar design.