Sale 13755
Convention Hall
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1 June 2016
Price realised
HKD 437,500
Estimate
A JIAN 'HARE'S FUR' TEA BOWL SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279) The bowl is potted with deep sides rising to a slightly everted finger-grooved rim, covered inside and out with a lustrous black glaze finely streaked with russet 'hare's fur' markings that stops irregularly above the foot exposing the chocolate-brown body. The mouth rim is mounted with metal. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s
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