Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 267
A Chinese jianyao 'hare's fur' glazed bowl Song dynasty 960-1279 AD
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
A Chinese jianyao 'hare's fur' glazed bowl Song dynasty 960-1279 AD, the gently flared body decorated with an unctuous black glaze, with irregular russet markings draining from the rim, stopping before a short footrim, 13.9cm dia.
Provenance: the collection of Andrew Williams Esq., Oxfordshire.
Cf. M Tregear, Song Ceramics, p.187, no.257, where a similar bowl is illustrated. And also Sotheby's London, 10th November 2004, lot 524.