The interior with a dark brown glaze freely decorated with an abstract design of orchids in a light buff glaze, the exterior entirely plain and under a dark brown glaze falling short of the knife-cut edge to the low foot.
Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Acquired from John Sparks Ltd., London
The Cunliffe Collection, no.T5, and thence by descent
Exhibited and Published: Oriental Ceramic Society, Sung Dynasty Wares: Chun and Brown Glazes, London, 1-31 May 1952, no.182
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