Sturdily potted, raised on a short foot to a lipped rim, covered overall with a blue-tinged glaze which is very rare to see among the commonly seen pure-white-glazed Xing wares. Compare a closely related Song dynasty bowl illustrated in Specimens of Ancient Kilns - Hebei in Collections of the Palace Museum, The Palace Museum, Beijing, p. 207, and Decorated Porcelains of Dingzhou-White Ding Wares from the Collection of the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2014, p. 34, plate I-15