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189 The continuance of the previous Tang Dynasty’s great enthusiasm
A fine Jianyao ‘hare’s-fur’ tea bowl for tea made green-glazed and black-glazed tea bowls particularly
Southern Song Dynasty fashionable and sought-after during the Song period. Although made
Potted with steep sides, covered inside and out with a lustrous black at various kilns in the North and West of China, the Jian kilns of Fujian
glaze finely streaked with narrow ‘hare’s-fur’ markings, pooling thickly were particularly renowned for their production of ‘hare’s-fur’ bowls.
above the foot exposing the buff-brown ware. The unique aesthetic of the ‘hare’s-fur’ effect is rendered by the boiling
12cm diam. of the glaze during firing. The rising bubbles in the glaze bring iron-rich
spots to the surface which run down the sides to form fine brown
HK$120,000 - 150,000 streaks against the black background.
US$15,000 - 19,000
A similar Jianyao ‘hare’s-fur’ bowl from the Muwentang Collection,
南宋 建窯黑釉褐斑兔毫盞 illustrated by Simon Kwan, Song Ceramics from the Muwentang
collection, Hong Kong, 1994, no.165, was sold at Sotheby’s London,
12 November 2003, lot 64. Compare with another related example
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 24 November 2012, lot 506.

直口，弧腹下收，小圈足。口沿和近底部分皆素胎。茶盞外壁和內壁
皆在黑釉上作褐彩兔毫狀，非常典型的建窯兔毫風格。整器造型小
巧，樸實無華，便於鬥茶時觀察茶葉末的變化。

南宋建窯茶盞樣式較北宋口部略直，盌口有折沿，以防止茶水溢出。

沐文堂藏一件類似的黑釉斑兔毫盞，見李知宴、關善明，《宋代瓷

器》，香港，2012年，頁 488-489，圖版211。倫敦蘇富比曾售出一
件，2003年11月12日，編號64。香港邦瀚斯亦售出類似例子，2012
年11月24日，編號 506。

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