Lot 193. A fine 'Jian' 'hares-fur' tea bowl, Song dynasty (960-1279); 12 cm, 4 3/4  in. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an indented flaring rim, covered overall with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze suffused with vertical lighter brown streaks, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the dark grey body, the base inscribed Gongyu.

Provenance: Oxfordshire Private Family Collection.

Note: A related bowl similarly inscribed with a Gongyu mark, in the Arthur M. Sackler collection and included in the exhibition Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996, cat. no. 76.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 10 mai 2017, 02:00 PM