Liao dynasty (907-1125)The rounded, shallow dish supported on a short foot, the interior covered with a soft green glaze and moulded with a central flower-head surrounded by various floral bands, three unglazed spur marks, the exterior covered with an amber glaze partially covering a black inscription referring to the 11th day of the 11th month of an unknown year and stopping short above the foot revealing the pale buff.Diam. 12.9 cmProvenance:- Auction Sotheby's Amsterdam, 7 December 1998, lot 461- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, AmsterdamCompare:- R. Krahl, Yuegutang. Ein Berliner Sammlung Chinesischer Keramik, Berlin 2000, p.141, no. 113 - Lu Jing Zu, Liao Pottery, Liaoning 2002, p. 292, no. 4 – 221