Lot 1493. A Jianyao 'hare's fur' tea  bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), 4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2016

The bowl has deep, rounded conical sides and is covered inside and out, below the matte, russet-brown, indented rim, with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze streaked with russet 'hare's fur' markings that falls short of the foot on the exterior to expose the coarse ware fired to a purplish-brown color..

Provenance: Christie's London, 8 June 1987, lot 117.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art part II, 17 - 18 March 2016, New York