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A ‘JIZHOU’ ‘PAPERCUT’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
with deeply rounded sides rising to a slightly
incurved rim, the interior with three papercut
lozenges in brown reserved on a mottled
mushroom-brown ground, the exterior applied
with a ‘tortoiseshell’ glaze stopping unevenly
above the foot to reveal the pale bu# body
Diameter 4¼ in., 10.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1911-1999).
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 18th November 1986,
lot 14.
$ 10,000-15,000
⋿⬳ġġġ⎱ⶆ䩘−䳁層剙䙴
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嵁⽆埵炷1911Į1999炸㓞啷
楁㷗喯⭴㭼1986⸜11㚰18㖍炻䶐嘇14

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PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN
A BLACK LACQUER TEA BOWL
STAND
SONG DYNASTY
Þ ne-walled, the cylindrical foot ß aring at the
base and supporting a broad circular tray
upturning at the rim, the globular stand a* xed
atop the tray and open at the interior forming a
hollow column from the rim to the foot, evenly
coated allover with lacquer the color of black
co# ee, gilt at the edges, Japanese wood box (3)
Diameter 6¼ in., 15.9 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
⬳ġġġ湹㺮䚆㈀

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