Lot 395. A  'Jian' 'hare's fur' tea bowl, Song dynasty, 10.6 cm, 4 1/8  in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot sold 250,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

well potted with deep sloping walls rising from a short footring to a subtle groove below the lip, applied with a lustrous blackish-blue brown glaze finely streaked with russet 'hare's fur' markings, the glossy glaze running unctuously with one tear extending to the foot and two bulbous ones falling short of the foot, revealing the purple-tinged brown body

Provenance: Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, 4th May 1988.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 01 Jun 2017