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A RARE CARVED CIZHOU BOWL WITH ٫宋建隆ૉ戌年
ǎ
DATED INSCRIPTION ⌘州綠彩חǙ進祿Բ彩耀ǚ盌
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO AD 962
Ϝ源
The bowl is covered with a creamy beige glaze accented with green splashes on 秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
one side of the rim. The interior is carved with a lengthy inscription below a narrow
band of horizontal lines.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.
The inscription carved on the interior of the bowl may be translated, "In the
second month of the renxu year of the Jianlong reign, congratulations to elder
cousin on his promotion in official position and raise in salary, this brings glory
[to our family], your younger brother made this bowl as a gift, written by
Zhang Chunlin."

(with box)

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