A Cizhou-Type Russet-Striped Blackish-Brown-Glazed Bowl. Northern Song-Jin Dynasty, 12th-13th Century
A Cizhou-Type Russet-Striped Blackish-Brown-Glazed Bowl. Northern Song-Jin Dynasty, 12th-13th Century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012
The straight sides and interior are covered with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze decorated with stripes of matte russet glaze, which pools in a line on the exterior where the body tapers towards the knife-cut foot to expose the pale grey ware. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diam. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
北宋/金 磁州窰系黑釉褐斑直口盌
Provenance: The Falk Collection II; Christie's New York, 21 September 2001, lot 442.
Notes: Compare the similar bowl of this unusual shape, dated Northern Song or Jin dynasty, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, no. 467.
Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part II, 13 September 2012. New York, Rockefeller Plaza