A RARE PAIR OF SMALL MOLDED WHITE-GLAZED ‘LOTUS’ DISHES

Compare the similar white stoneware dish dated to the Liao dynasty, 10th-11th century, but with five petals rather than six, illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. I, p. 195, no. 339. Another similar white stoneware dish with five petals, in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated by W. Watson in Tang and Liao Ceramics, London, 1984, p. 136, no. 115, where it is described as Xingzhou ware, early 10th century.