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TWO ‘JIAN’ BOWLS
SONG DYNASTY

each with deep rounded sides rising from a short slightly
tapered foot to a narrow groove below the rim, one covered
overall with a lustrous black glaze, thinning at the rim with
russet streaks extending downwards, the other covered with a
brown glaze thinning at the rim with radiating black streaks (2)
(2)
12.4 cm; 4⅞ in., 12.1 cm; 4¾ in.

PROVENANCE
Right: Sotheby’s London, 10th June 1986, lot 153.

£ 5,000-7,000
HK$ 48,300-67,500 US$ 6,300-8,700

1986 6 10 153

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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A ‘CIZHOU’ RUSSET STREAKED BOWL
SONG DYNASTY

the deep rounded sides rising from a short spreading foot to
a slightly everted rim, covered overall in a dark brown-black
glaze with vertical russet streaks to the interior and falling
short of the foot on the exterior to reveal the pale creamy-
white body
19.2 cm, 7⅝ in.

£ 6,000-7,000
HK$ 58,000-67,500 US$ 7,500-8,700

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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A ‘JIZHOU’ ‘GRAIN’ JAR
SONG DYNASTY

the compressed globular body rising from a slightly recessed
foot to a broad short neck with everted rolled rim, the exterior
covered in a brown glaze, the interior cream
9.5 cm, 3¾ in.

£ 3,000-4,000
HK$ 29,000-38,600 US$ 3,750-5,000

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