THREE CHINESE GLAZED STONEWARE BOWLS

SONG DYNASTY 960-1279

One Jizhou, with a paper-cut design of two phoenix and three flowerheads with a dark-brown glaze against a variegated buff ground, another Cizhou, with irregular russet splashes over a black glaze stopping short of the foot, the third a Henan bowl with abstract floral motifs on a black ground, the foot unglazed, 16cm. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of Francis Golding (1944-2013), all purchased from Linart Ltd. London, the phoenix and Cizhou bowls on 10th June 1994, the Henan bowl on 10th May 2000, copies of the original invoices are available.

Cf. The Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, Inaugural Exhibition, Vol.I, Chinese Ceramics, p.158, no.112 for a similar phoenix paper cut bowl, also see M Tregear, Song Ceramics, pp.188-189 pl.258-259 for a bowl with a similar splashed decoration from the H W Siegel collection.