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A SUPERB JIZHOU PAPER-CUT-DECORATED 南宋ǎ吉州⒋剪紙貼花鳳紋盞
'PHOENIX' TEA BOWL
Ϝ源
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
秦峰⁸珍藏
神戶
日本
The deep bowl is decorated on the interior in resist technique with two long-tailed
phoenixes in flight between three prunus blossoms, all reserved in dark brown on
a variegated brown and buff ground. The exterior has pale buff speckling on a dark
brown ground that falls short of a knife-cut edge above the low, narrow foot ring.
5¡ in. (13.2 cm.) diam., brown lacquer cup stand incised with gilt floral scroll, silk
pouches, Japanese wood and lacquer boxes
$70,000-90,000

PROVENANCE:
Mineo Hata Collection, Kobe, Japan.

One of interior box lids is inscribed by Kobori Sokei (b. 1923), the head of the
(inscription by Kobori Sokei on interior of
Enshu School of Tea. The inscription compares the present bowl to an important box cover)
tea bowl named Onaga-dori, a famous Jizhou bowl known since the 17th century.
This bowl is listed in the inventory of masterpieces of tea ceremony utensils,
Tsuchiya Soshu Chaki Densho, which was compiled by Tsuchiya Masanao
(1641-1732), the regional ruler of the feudal domain of Tsuchiura in Hitachi. Sokei
also notes that the gold characters on the cover of one of the inner boxes are
transcribed in the calligraphic style of Lord Korbori Enshu (1579-1647).

(with boxes)

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