Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot

907–60

Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot, 907–60. China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, Five dynasties (907–60). White stoneware with ivory-white glaze; overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.186 The bowl’s foot-ring is shaped like a Neolithic bi,璧, a flat jade disc with a central circular hole, which had some ritual function.