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PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN
A ‘JIAN’ ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEMMOKU
TEA BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
sturdily potted with rounded sides rising
steeply from a knife-pared foot, a subtle groove
just below the metal-rimmed mouth, coated
allover with a thick black glaze su# used with
silvery streaks draining down the sides and
ß ecked with gilt near the rim, the glaze pooling
unevenly above the foot to reveal a dark brown
biscuit body, together with a 19th century
Japanese red-lacquered cup stand skirted with
a foliate tray and later-added gilt and splashes,
two Japanese wood boxes (6)
Diameter 4½ in., 11.4 cm
$ 30,000-40,000
⋿⬳ġġġ⺢䩘湹慱⃼㮓䲳䙴
⍲ġ㖍㛔ġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġ㺮䚆㈀

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