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A SMALL BLACK-GLAZED ‘OIL SPOT’
BOWL
SONG / JIN DYNASTY
the shallow rounded sides rising from a knife-
pared foot to a gently incurved rim, covered
overall with a lustrous black-brown glaze
su! used with iridescent silvery-brown ‘oil
spots’ of varying size, the glaze thinning to
a chocolate-brown at the rim and stopping
irregularly above the foot, the unglazed section
applied with a dark brown dressing largely
concealing the bu! -colored body
Diameter 3⅞ in., 9.8 cm
$ 12,000-15,000
⬳ġİġ慹ġġġ湹慱㱡㺜䲳⮷䙴
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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN
PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BLACK-GLAZED RUSSET-
SPLASHED JAR
JIN DYNASTY
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the ovoid body set on a knife-pared foot and
rising to an upright rim, thick black glaze
streaked with russet draining down the exterior
stopping unevenly along the sides to reveal
the bu! biscuit body, the interior with a semi-
translucent black glaze
Height 4⅛ in., 10.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1986.
$ 4,000-6,000
慹ġġġ湹慱慔㔹仸
Ը๕
岤㕤楁㷗炻1986⸜
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