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A ‘JIAN’ ‘HARE’S FUR’ BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG 南宋 建窰兔毫盞
DYNASTY
Japanese wood box (3)
Diameter 4¾ in., 12 cm
The humble appearance of bowls produced at the Jian
kilns in Fujian province made them appropriate for use in
Buddhist temples. The Song Emperor Huizong (r. 1101-1125)
stated that black-glazed bowls, especially those decorated
with ‘hare’s fur’ like the present example, were the most
desirable. A closely related example to the present bowl
is illustrated in Robert D. Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell,
and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museums,
Cambridge, 1995, pl. 79.

⊖ $ 30,000-40,000

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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR See also a white ‘cut-glaze’ meiping with leafy peony design,
A RARE ‘LINGWU’ BLACK-GLAZED SGRAFFIATO from the collection of Ruth Stricker and Bruce Dayton and
‘FLORAL’ DISH, XIXIA DYNASTY now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis (accession
no. 2001.8). See also a ‘lingwu’ wine jar from the Malcolm
Diameter 7⅜ in., 18.7 cm Collection, sold in these rooms, 20th March 2019, lot 640.
PROVENANCE The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of Oxford
Capital Gallery, The International Asian Art Fair, New York, Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. P124a95.
March 2002.
$ 20,000-30,000
This finely potted bowl belongs to a rare group of wares from
the Xixia (also known as Tangut or Western Xia) dynasty in 西夏 靈武窰黑釉剔牡丹紋盤
the northwest of China, which coexisted with the Song, Liao
and Jin dynasties. The Lingwu kiln was located at Ciyaobao
of Lingwu country, Ningxia, which lies 50 kilometers south of 來源：
the capital of Xixia, Yinchuan, and was one of the major sites Capital Gallery，The International Asian Art Fair，
of ceramic production under the Xixia. 紐約，2002年3月
Further examples of Xixia wares decorated with similar cut- 本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號P124a95，結果與其
glaze techniques include a jar in the Meiyintang Collection, 斷代相符
illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the
Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pls 454 and 455.
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