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A RARE BLACK-DOTTED ‘JIAN’ BOWL A RARE ‘DING’ BLACK-GLAZED BOWL of higher value, as is stated in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY collectors’ handbook Gegu Yaolun (Guide to the Study of
Antiquities) of 1388.
the rounded sides supported on a short foot, covered in a with rounded sides, all under a glossy ink-black glaze
mottled, pale gray glaze dappled with evenly spaced black thinning to russet at the rim, save for the footring and a fine Although a number of wide conical bowls are extant, black-
dots, the glaze stopping short of the foot to reveal the dark join between the vessel and the base, revealing the fine white glazed Ding bowls of this form, with rounded sides, are very
gray body clay rare. Compare two examples of conical form, one now in
Diameter 4⅜ in., 11.3 cm Diameter 4¼ in., 11 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession no.
1991.253.19); and another in The British Museum, London
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE (accession no. PDF.300), illustrated in Regina Krahl and
Private Collection. Jessica Harrison-Hall, Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir
Private Collection. Percival David Collection, London, 2009, p. 12, fig. 3.
Smooth and glossy, the present bowl is a fine example of
⊖ $ 30,000-50,000
the technical developments achieved by potters working at ⊖ $ 60,000-80,000
the Ding kilns in Quyang county, west Hebei province, during
南宋 建窰黑斑天目茶盞 the Song dynasty (960-1279). Black-glazed bowls of this
type were associated with the lavish black lacquer wares 北宋 定窰黑釉茶盞
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A GRAY-GLAZED ‘JIAN’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
120 with steep sides rising from a short foot to an indented
groove beneath the rim, covered overall with a gray glaze
with fine streaks descending from the rim, the glaze gently
pooling in the recesses to a pale moss-green color and
stopping short of the foot to reveal the gray stoneware body
Diameter 5 in., 12.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Private Collection.
⊖ $ 10,000-20,000

南宋 建窰灰被天目茶盞

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