CHINESE GILT-DECORATED AND INSCRIBED 'YULINTING' TEA BOWL
SONG DYNASTY
£1,638
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
宋 遇林亭窯 黑釉金彩'壽山福海'茶碗 帶木盒
of conical form, covered overall in a black glaze, where the glaze running thinly around the rim to a light brown, the interior delicately decorated with evenly spaced four characters ‘shou, shan, fu, hai’ or ‘Mountains of longevity and seas of fortune”, in quatrefoil cartouches in the cardinal directions, the remaining space filled with long gilt streaks, the base left unglazed exposing the stonewware body, with Japanese tomobako wooden box
Dimensions
10.8cm diameter
Provenance
J.A.N Fine Art, London; formerly in a Japanese private collection
倫敦J.A.N Fine Art；前日本私人收藏
Footnote
The kiln sites of Yulinting were situated in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian province, and were directly in competition with the successful Jian ware kilns also located in Fujian province. To differentiate their wares from the Jian ware kilns, the potters at the Yulinting kiln sites explored new techniques to create unique and ingenious decorative features such as overlay painting with gold and silver paint which proved to be popular for drinking green tea.