A Rare Henan 'Oilspot' Black-Glazed Bowl

NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY

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A Rare Henan 'Oilspot' Black-Glazed Bowl
Northern Song/Jin Dynasty
The rounded body raised on a flared foot ring and finished on the interior with a slightly raised inner lip below the rim, covered inside and out with a lustrous black glaze suffused with a dense pattern of fine silver 'oil spots', the bottom of the foot wiped clean to expose the fine buff ware
56in. (12.9cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

A bowl of this rare type and of this unusual large size was included in the exhibition, Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, no. 158. A slightly smaller example is illustrated by Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, London, 1926, vol. II, pl. LV, b214.

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