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Ding ware porcelain is cherished for its unctuous white glaze and fine patterns created either from freehand carving or mold impression. The latter method was used here to depict two deer galloping amid a floral ground; the delicate pattern enhances the plate’s visual appeal.
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金 定窯白瓷印花雙鹿紋盤
Title: Plate with two deer amid flowers
Period: Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Date: 12th–13th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain with mold-impressed decoration under ivory white glaze (Ding ware)
Dimensions: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); Diam. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); Diam. of foot 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Object Number: 18.69.1
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