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29. A Jizhou P aper -Cut Decorated Blossoming
Plum Branch Tea Bowl
Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1279)
boldly decorated on the interior of the steep flaring sides with a stenciled design of a branch of
blossoming plum in very dark brown glaze, the forked branch spreading around the interior sides
in strong contrast to the variegated reddish-brown and buff-colored background glaze which thins
to paler tones over the upturned lip and gathers in a darker band just below the rim, the exterior
with opaque tan ‘tortoiseshell’ markings on a dark brown glaze neatly trimmed around the edge of
the shallow ring foot, the flat recessed base and foot unglazed showing the buff pottery.
Diameter 4 ⁄8 inches (11.7 cm)
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宋 吉州剪紙貼花梅枝紋盞 徑 11.7 厘米