Lot Essay
Compare the similar tea bowl sold in these rooms, 20 September 2001, lot 75, The Falk Collection I.
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SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
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A Hare's Fur and Russet-Glazed Conical Bowl
Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
With widely flaring sides rising to a gently everted rim, covered on the interior with a blackish glaze streaked in russet with 'hare's fur' markings thinning at the rim to transparent brown, the exterior covered with a somewhat matte russet glaze falling to just above the shallow foot ring and with black tears draining from the mouth rim
4 15/16in. (12.5cm.) diam., box
Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
With widely flaring sides rising to a gently everted rim, covered on the interior with a blackish glaze streaked in russet with 'hare's fur' markings thinning at the rim to transparent brown, the exterior covered with a somewhat matte russet glaze falling to just above the shallow foot ring and with black tears draining from the mouth rim
4 15/16in. (12.5cm.) diam., box