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PROPERTY FROM THE AOYAMA STUDIO COLLECTION 南宋 黑釉鐵鏽斑天目茶盞
A RARE RUSSET-PAINTED BLACK-GLAZED
‘PARTRIDGE FEATHER’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
with rounded sides rising from a short foot to a thin grooved
band along the rim, covered with a thick black glaze superbly
painted with short russet streaks on the interior, the exterior
with sparse splashes, the glaze stopping short of the foot and
revealing the pale brown body
10.9 cm, 4¼ in.
HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 77,500-104,000
The stunning motif on this bowl of evenly distributed russet
mottles among fine russet streaks and against a rich dark
glaze is very rare. Its characteristic form, known as zhan, and
attractive glaze display the influence of Jian wares made in
Fujian province. Tea wares from Jianyang were by the Northern
Song period favoured by tea connoisseurs, scholars and even
at the imperial court, and thus provided much inspiration to
ceramic manufactories in both north and south China.
A Jian tea bowl of this form with russet splashes on the
interior and exterior, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
was included in the Museum’s exhibition The Far-Reaching
Fragrance of Tea, Taipei, 2015, cat. no. I-14; another was
included in the exhibition Karamono tenmoku. Fukken shō
Kenyō shutsudo tenmoku to Nihon densei no tenmoku.
[Chinese tenmoku. Excavated examples from Fujian and
heirloom works from Japan], Chadō Shiryōkan, Kyoto, and
MOA Art Museum, Atami, 1994, cat. no. 41; and a third from
the collection of Winifred Grey Whitman, was sold in our New
York rooms, 30th May 1973, lot 292.

Two views

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