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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WHITE-RIMMED BLACK-GLAZED BOWL AND A JIZHOU TIXI-STYLE BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127) AND SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
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A WHITE-RIMMED BLACK-GLAZED BOWL AND A JIZHOU TIXI-STYLE BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127) AND SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The conical white-rimmed bowl stands on a short foot ring, and is covered on the inside and out with a lustrous black glaze stopping just above the foot, exposing the pale grey stoneware body, all below a neat wide band of white glaze around the rim; the Jizhou bowl is painted in a cream colour with ruyi-heads surrounding a central flowerhead on the interior simulating tixi lacquer, on the exterior with russet specks simulating tortoise shell, all against a dark brown glaze; the foot is unglazed revealing the buff body.
4 3/4 in. (12.2 cm.) diam., box; 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diam., box
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127) AND SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The conical white-rimmed bowl stands on a short foot ring, and is covered on the inside and out with a lustrous black glaze stopping just above the foot, exposing the pale grey stoneware body, all below a neat wide band of white glaze around the rim; the Jizhou bowl is painted in a cream colour with ruyi-heads surrounding a central flowerhead on the interior simulating tixi lacquer, on the exterior with russet specks simulating tortoise shell, all against a dark brown glaze; the foot is unglazed revealing the buff body.
4 3/4 in. (12.2 cm.) diam., box; 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diam., box
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