A RARE JIZHOU SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED BOWL

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

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A RARE JIZHOU SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
Potted with rounded flaring sides rising from a knife-cut foot ring to a finger-grooved band below the lipped rim, the interior with recessed center boldly decorated with an irregular pattern of swirls of variegated russet and pale milky brown color reserved on the blackish-brown ground, the exterior similarly decorated
6 5/16 in. (16 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1995.

Lot Essay

The dramatic swirling decoration on this bowl was created by applying a slip in sweeping strokes atop the brown glaze on the interior and exterior before firing.
A Jizhou bowl of similar shape with similar swirl decoration is illustrated by M. Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 123d. See, also, the bowl sold at Sotheby's, New York, 14 November 2001, lot 79.

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