Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 2014
Lot 3610. A burnished black alms bowl, Tang dynasty (618-907); 12.3 cm., 4 3/4 in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 125,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's
the shallow rounded sides rising from a flat base, gently incurving at the rim, covered overall with a black slip burnished to a semi-glossy sheen, all stopping before the naked foot revealing the dark brown body
Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London.
Sotheby's. Contemporary Literati — A Gathering, Hong Kong, 07 april 2014