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A FINE ‘JIAN’ ‘HARES FUR’ TEA BOWL PROVENANCE
SONG DYNASTY Oxfordshire Private Family Collection.
the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an A related bowl similarly inscribed with a Gongyu mark, in the
indented aring rim, covered overall with a lustrous blackish- Arthur M. Sackler collection and included in the exhibition
brown glaze su used with vertical lighter brown streaks, the Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard
glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the dark grey body, the University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996,
base inscribed Gongyu cat. no. 76.
12 cm, 4¾ in.
ಳ£ 15,000-25,000
HK$ 145,000-242,000 US$ 18,700-31,100
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