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A WHITE-RIMMED BLACK-GLAZED
TEA BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
the conical sides rising from a low foot and
covered in black-co" ee-colored glaze at the
interior and exterior, the dark glaze stopping
above the foot to reveal the contrasting white
biscuit body, white slip under a clear glaze
applied to the lipped rim, Japanese wood box
(3)
Diameter 4¼ in., 10.8 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
⊿⬳ġġġ湹慱䘥⎋䙴

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A ‘JIAN’ RUSSET-SPLASHED BLACK-
GLAZED BOWL
SONG DYNASTY
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the conical sides rising from a short, straight
foot and turning outward to an everted rim,
bathed in an ebony-colored glaze and splashed
to the interior with russet, the copper-toned
spots coalescing in greater concentration
around the rim, the footring unglazed revealing
the bu" -colored body, Japanese wood box (3)
Diameter 5⅛ in., 13 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of R.F.A. ‘Jimmy’ Riesco (1877-1964),
coll. no. 62.
Sotheby’s London, 11th December 1984, lot 174.
$ 5,000-7,000
⬳ġġġ湹慱浻泋㔹䲳䙴
Ը๕
RįFįAįġ‘Jimmy’ Riescoġĩ1877Į1964Īġ㓞啷炻
㓞啷䶐嘇62
ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼1984⸜12㚰11㖍炻䶐嘇174

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