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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
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AN EXCEPTIONAL JIANYAO ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL AND A TIXI LACQUER STAND
BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279); LACQUER STAND, SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY,
12TH-13TH CENTURY

The bowl is mounted with a silver rim, covered with a thick black glaze fnely streaked with
iridescent ‘hare’s fur’ markings, stopping irregularly above the foot exposing the chocolate-
brown body. The tixi lacquer stand is constructed with a hexafoil fange, and is carved on the
exterior with sword-pommel scrolls.
Bowl: 4Ω in. (11.4 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

$80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE:

Enmanyin-monzeki Temple, Shiga, Japan.
The Manno Art Museum Collection, no. 0428.
建窯兔毫盞及剔犀劍環紋盞托
盞：南宋 盞托：南宋/元

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