A pair of 'Southern Dingyao' bowls, Song Dynasty (960-1279), interior moulded with two phoenixes flying amongst peony flowers and a moulded lotus scrolls decorated on the centre, all below a key-fret band, covering with ivory-white glaze leaving the mouth rim unglazed with the trace of metal mounted, Jingdezhen kiln. 5.8 cm high; 19 cm diameter. (each), For a Dingyao type bowl with similar decoration see Christie's South Kensington, 13/05/2011, lot 1086. Provenance: An old Melbourne Private Collection