An Unusual Black-Glazed Stoneware Bowl with White Rim

NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY

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An Unusual Black-Glazed Stoneware Bowl with White Rim
Northern Song/Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Of Cizhou type, the deep flared sides rounding upwards towards the slightly inverted rim covered with a white slip and clear glaze, the body below the rim covered inside and out with a lustrous blackish glaze stopping short of the foot to expose the brown wash which covers the lower body, slightly flared foot and base
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) diam.
Falk Collection no. 96.

Lot Essay

The rim on this unusual bowl was dressed in white to mimic the metal bands that were often affixed to rims of upper-class wares such as Ding ware. While it is not uncommon to find dark-glazed bowls of conical form with white rims, it appears to be more rare to find a rounded bowl with a white rim.

Two dark-glazed rounded bowls with white rims are illustrated by M. Sullivan in Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 51 (a and c), where they flank the more common conical bowl with white rim, pl. 51(b).

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