The Ding ware set includes a well-potted tea cup with en-suite saucer, glazed in rich brown color tone infused with black at the rim, bottom partially glazed.|Northern Song Dynasty period.||Height: 2 1/2 in (6.3 cm) Diameter: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm)|北宋 定窯紫金釉盞托|盞托為宋代較為流行的器型之一。與當時盛行的飲茶風尚有關。造型各不相同。宋代北方瓷窯普遍燒製。其中以河北定窯燒器最為規整，釉質瑩潤。定窯為宋代五大名窯之一，也是宋元著名的六大窯系之一。是中國白瓷的傑出代表。但在它的產品中也有一路數量稀少的紫金釉或柿紅釉者，被稱為紫定。這件盞托胎質白細，周身裹紫金釉。品相完好，殊為難得。