A JIZHOU BLACK-GLAZED TEA BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl is thickly potted with deep rounded sides rising from a low recessed base. It is covered with a thick even glaze of ebony colour suffused with a very fine network of crackles, thinning to brown near the mouth rim and ending above the exposed buff biscuit foot.
4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) diam., box
Jizhou black-glazed tea bowls are extremely rare. Compare to a similar Jizhou black-glazed bowl bound with a gilt-metal mount sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 December 2015, lot 3175.
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