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A RARE HEIRLOOM JIAN 南宋 建窰兔毫釉茶盞
RUSSET-STREAKED ‘NOGIME
TEMMOKU’ BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short
straight foot to a thin concave groove below the rim,
unctuously covered with a lustrous black glaze with russet
‘hare’s fur’ running from the rim and pooling along the groove,
the glaze stopping neatly above the foot revealing the dark
brown body, the rim bound with metal; together with a lacquer
cupstand with deep rounded sides collared with a six-lobed
mallow-form flange, all supported on a flared foot, covered
overall save for the interior of the stand and flange in black
lacquer, the interior lacquered red, Japanese wood box
12.2 cm, 4¾ in.
HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 128,000-192,000
122 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比