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A RARE JIZHOU LEAF-DECORATED TEA BOWL

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl is potted with wide rounded sides, and the interior is decorated with the brownish-buf,
gossamer imprint of a large leaf against a dark-brown glaze that thins to an amber color at the rim and
ends on the exterior above the shallow ring foot exposing the buf body.
5√ in. (14.9 cm.) diam., box
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE

Mathias Komor, New York, no. 0645 (according to label).
Compare two other Jizhou leaf bowls, decorated with a similarly large leaf, and of similar size, one in
the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark, illustrated in the Catalogue of the International Exhibition of
Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Art, London, 1935-6, no. 1150, the other in the Havermeyer Collection
illustrated by R. L. Hobson, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1976 ed., pl. 43, fg. 1.
南宋 吉州木葉盌

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