Lot Essay
The 'tortoise shell'-glazed bowl is similar to an example illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 57
Details
TWO JIZHOU TEA BOWLS
SONG DYNASTY
Both with deep, slightly rounded, flared sides, one covered inside and out with a 'tortoise shell' glaze of ochre and brownish-black color ending just above the almost flat foot ring, the foot left unglazed exposing the granular buff ware; the other covered allover with a phosphatic blue-splashed blackish-brown glaze, also stopping just above the foot (restoration to rims)
4 3/8 and 4 11/16in. (11.1 and 11.8cm.) diam. (2)
SONG DYNASTY
Both with deep, slightly rounded, flared sides, one covered inside and out with a 'tortoise shell' glaze of ochre and brownish-black color ending just above the almost flat foot ring, the foot left unglazed exposing the granular buff ware; the other covered allover with a phosphatic blue-splashed blackish-brown glaze, also stopping just above the foot (restoration to rims)
4 3/8 and 4 11/16in. (11.1 and 11.8cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III