RARE JIZHOU 'LEAF' BOWL
SONG DYNASTY
£5,500
Auction: 21 June 2016 at 11:00 BST
Description
of conical form with the rounded sides beautifully angled from the neatly cut footring, the interior decorated with an applied leaf revealing all its veins, all reserved on a glossy black glaze, with fitted box
Dimensions
14.8cm diam
Footnote
Note:
The base of the bowl bears a 'Mathias Komor Chinese Art, New York' label.
A black-glazed Jizhou bowl of this type with a single leaf design, and of similar size, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, Vol. I, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 240; three others of similar size are included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics, Vol. II, Tokyo, 1988, cat. nos. 668-670; and one from the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, was included in the exhibition Song Ceramics, Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1999, cat. no. 79.