[PRIVATE TAIWANESE COLLECTION] CHINESE JIZHOU PAPER-CUT-DECORATED BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
£2,772
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
南宋 外玳瑁內剪紙麥型幾何紋黑碗 帶木座
the rounded conical body resist-decorated on the interior with three rectangular motifs, all reserved in dark brown against the variegated, milky buff ground, the exterior covered in a 'tortoiseshell' glaze of dark brown colour mottled in beige that falls irregularly to the foot, with a wooden stand
Dimensions
11cm diameter
Provenance
Private Taiwanese collection
Exhibited: The National Museum of History, Taipei, 2004, Exhibition lot number: Zhan 展111
Published: Cheng Qiren, 百代昌吉 : 黑釉・磁州・吉州窯 (Good Fortune Throughout History : an exhibition of black glaze and porcelain from Tzu-chou and Ji-chou kilns), The National Museum of History, Taipei, 2004, catalogue no. 32, p.64
臺灣私人收藏
展覽:「百代昌吉:黑瓷・磁州・吉州窯特展」,國立歷史博物館,臺北,2004。展號「展111」。
著錄:成耆仁著:《百代昌吉:黑瓷・磁州・吉州窯》,臺北:國立歷史博物館,2004,圖版32,頁64。
Footnote
For a similar bowl from the R. Hatfield Ellsworth Private Collection, see R. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, Partridge Feathers, Cambridge, 1996, no. 100, pp. 248-9.