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A SUPERB AND RARE RUSSET-SPLASHED Reminiscent of the mottles on partridge feathers, the
BLACK-GLAZED ‘PARTRIDGE FEATHER’ BOWL lively russet-brown markings decorating black-glazed tea
SONG DYNASTY bowls such as the present piece must have captivated the
imagination of Song dynasty (960-1279) literati. The present
the deep conical sides rising from a short foot to an everted bowl is a particularly sophisticated example of its type for
rim, the interior covered with a rich black glaze liberally its asymmetrical yet balanced distribution of brown flecks,
splashed with short russet ‘partridge feather’ mottles, the which imbue the vessel with a sense of spontaneity as well as
exterior covered in a persimmon-colored glaze stopping harmony. Such abstract patterns of russet splashes on dark-
neatly along the top of the foot to reveal the pale buff glazed wares were created by many kilns in northern China
stoneware body from around the eleventh century. The irregular markings on
Diameter 4¾ in., 12 cm these bowls were achieved by either splashing or applying
with a brush an iron-rich slip, glaze or pigment.
PROVENANCE Two bowls of similar proportions, from the Scheinman
Private Collection. Collection, now in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard
University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, were included
in the Museum’s exhibition Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and
Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed
Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge, 1995, cat. nos 38a and b.
See also a bowl formerly in the collection of Lord Cunliffe,
included in the exhibition Principal Wares of the Song Period
from a Private Collection, Eskenazi, London, 2015, cat. no.
23; and another bowl included in the exhibition Ancient
Chinese Black Wares from the Collection of Mr and Mrs
Yeung Wing Tak, Art Museum, The Chinese University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1999, later sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 9th October 2020, lot 2.
⊖ $ 120,000-150,000

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