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PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
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A JIAN ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127 -1279)
The deep, rounded sides are covered inside
and out with a thick, lustrous black glaze fnely
streaked with silvery-brown ‘hare’s fur’ markings
thinning to a matte dark russet-brown at the rim
and pooling in a line above the foot to reveal the
buf ware fred to a dark purplish-brown color. The
mouth rim is mounted with a metal band.
4æ in. (12 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.
(another view with box) 南宋 建窯兔毫盞

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