Lot 203
JIZHOU 'PAPERCUT' TEABOWL
SONG DYNASTY
Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
宋 吉州窯剪紙貼花梅紋盞
potted with conical sides rising to a straight mouth, decorated in the interior with three prunus branches reserved in dark brown against the densely variegated buff ground, the exterior applied with a 'tortoiseshell' glaze of dark brown colour mottled in beige stopping foot
Dimensions
10.8cm diameter
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Scottish Borders. The owner had an enduring friendship with Dr Kenneth Lawley (1937-2023), a lifelong Asian art collector and a significant part of whose collection was sold in this saleroom, 3 November 2023, lot 1-95. Dr Lawley was close to the collection offered in this sale, indeed some of the items came directly from him. He would share his research, his catalogue, and his admiration of these items with the owner, as a natural consequence of their friendship.
Bought from Odyssey Antiquities & Coins, 09 March 2013, with an original receipt and certificate.