Lot 813. A Cizhou sgraffiato deep bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The bowl is potted with deep, rounded sides rising from a spreading foot, and the exterior is carved through an ivory-toned slip to the pale grey ground with a leafy scroll reserved on a combed ground, all under a clear glaze, stopping short of the lower body to expose the pale grey stoneware, Japanese wood box.

Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Kunryudo, Tokyo.

Note: Compare the similar sgraffiato deep bowl that is decorated with a band of waves on a combed ground from the Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection illustrated in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1959-60, London, 1960, pl. 35, no. 86.