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A SELECTION OF JIAN WARE ‘HARE’S
11 FUR’ TEA BOWLS
Song/Jin Dynasty
12 Each typically heavily potted and covered in a
8 | BONHAMS thick, lustrous dark glaze. The largest approx.
12cm (4 3/8in) diam (6).
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000
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A GROUP OF JIAN WARE ‘HARE’S FUR’
TEA BOWLS
Song Dynasty
Comprising two larger conical bowls and
four smaller bowls, all covered with a thick
iron-rich glaze, variously black and brown,
stopping short of the dark biscuit footrim, and
thinning to a chocolate hue at the mouth rims.
The largest 12.3cm (4 7/8in) diam.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 28,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000
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A FAHUA SQUARE-SECTION INCENSE
BURNER
16th/17th century
Glazed in typical aubergine, turquoise and
straw tones, standing on four cabriole legs
and decorated with applied scrolling designs
of meandering lotuses and chilongs; together
with two small turquoise-glazed baluster
vases, 19th century and a small Cizhou-type
circular incense burner with scrolling lotus
designs under a crackled turquoise glaze,
wood cover with jade finial, Ming Dynasty.
The censer: 18.3cm (7in) wide across the
mouth (5).
£400 - 600
CNY3,700 - 5,500
HK$4,400 - 6,600
Provenance
An American private collection (label)
