Lot 865
865
A RARE CARVED CIZHOU BOWL WITH DATED INSCRIPTION
A RARE CARVED CIZHOU BOWL WITH DATED INSCRIPTION
A RARE CARVED CIZHOU BOWL WITH DATED INSCRIPTION
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A RARE CARVED CIZHOU BOWL WITH DATED INSCRIPTION
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A RARE CARVED CIZHOU BOWL WITH DATED INSCRIPTION

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO AD 962

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A RARE CARVED CIZHOU BOWL WITH DATED INSCRIPTION
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO AD 962
The bowl is covered with a creamy beige glaze accented with green splashes on one side of the rim. The interior is carved with a lengthy inscription below a narrow band of horizontal lines.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

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Lot Essay

The inscription carved on the interior of the bowl may be translated, "In the second month of the renxu year of the Jianlong reign, congratulations to elder cousin on his promotion in official position and raise in salary, this brings glory [to our family], your younger brother made this bowl as a gift, written by Zhang Chunlin."

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