A fine bowl with russet-splashed black-glazed. Cizhou stoneware. Jin or Song Dynasty. photo Nagel Auctions

 The russet iron oxide splashes are only at the inside and at the rim of the flat bowl, the thick lustrous black glaze on the outside falls short of the foot ring in a quite even line revealing the buff coloured body.

Property from a German private collection

Cf. Sotheby's London, 9.11.2005, lot 250, a similarly glazed and a bit smaller bowl and of less elegant shape, dated to the Jin Dynasty and with numerous further references

Few small chips on the foot ring. D. 19 cm - Estimate 3 000 €

Nagel Auctions. Asian Art. November 4th 2011. www.auction.de