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A RARE YUTEKI TENMOKU ‘OIL SPOT’ JIAN TEA BOWL

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The deep, rounded conical sides are covered inside and out with a thick, iridescent black glaze sufused
with a dense pattern of variegated iridescent ‘oil spots’, stopping in an irregular line and pooling above the
foot, exposing the blackish-brown body. The mouth rim is mounted with a silver band.
4√ in. (12.4 cm.) diam., shifuku silk pouch, Japanese black-lacquered box

$200,000-300,000

PROVENANCE

Acquired in Japan, 1970s.
Japanese private collection, Kamakura.
南宋 建窯油滴盞

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