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A BLACK-GLAZED OILSPOT BOWL The present piece boasts a highly lustrous glaze with
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY iridescent ‘oil spot’ markings that shift from silvery-metallic
tones to russet-brown when light shines through them.
the deep conical sides rising from a short straight foot to an Bowls of this form and covered in this ‘oil spot’ glaze are
everted rim, covered overall with a black glaze infused with
silvery oil spots unusual; compare a slightly smaller bowl, but the glaze
13.6 cm, 5⅜ in. stopping above the foot, in the Meiyintang collection,
illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the
‡ £ 40,000-60,000 Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3 (II), London, 2006, pl. 1503; a
HK$ 411,000-620,000 US$ 52,500-79,000 bowl of deeper form, from the collection of Dr. Yogokawa
Tamisuke, now in the Tokyo National Museum, included in
北宋 黑釉油滴盌 Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese
Ceramics I, Tokyo, 1988, pl. 611; another in the Toguri
Museum of Art, Tokyo, included in the exhibition Charm
of Black & White Ware; Transition of Cizhou Type Wares,
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, 2002, cat. no.
138; a fourth bowl, but the rim less flared, in the Yuegutang
collection, illustrated in Regina Krahl, A Collection of Chinese
Ceramics in Berlin, Berlin, 2000, pl. 182; and another from
the collection of Sir A. Daniel Hall and the Malcolm collection,
sold twice in these rooms, 1st July 1943, lot 17, and 29th
March 1977, lot 159.

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