Lot 267
CHINESE JIAN 'HARE'S FUR' TEA BOWL
SONG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY
Auction: 12 June 2013 at 11:00 BST
£12,500
Description
of conical form with a groove below the rim, glazed brown at the rim running to black, the thick glaze pooling above the dark brown fired body above the foot, with a later white metal band to the rim, bearing old collection and exhibition labels
Dimensions
13cm diam, 7cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Sir Frederick & Lady Whyte Collection
Exhibited:
Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition, 1951, no. 169