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A JIANYAO ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH
CENTURY

The heavily potted, conical bowl is covered
inside and out with a lustrous blackish-
brown glaze fnely streaked with fne russet
‘hare’s fur’ markings below the brown slip-
covered, indented rim, and pooling in a
thick, irregular line on the exterior, exposing
the coarse ware fred to a dark brown.
4æ in. (12 cm.) diam., box

$12,000-18,000

南宋 建窯兔毫盞

1524
A JIZHOU ‘TORTOISESHELL’-GLAZED TEA
BOWL

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH
CENTURY

The bowl is potted with rounded conical
sides and covered inside and out with a dark
brown glaze splashed in transparent amber
glaze that forms a more dense pattern on the
interior and ends in an irregular line on the
exterior atop a medium-brown slip-glaze
above the fat-bottomed ring foot. The rim
has a metal mount.
4º in. (10.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

$5,000-7,000

南宋 吉州窯玳瑁釉盞

1524

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