Lot 831. A rare painted Cizhou deep bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 7 ¼ in. (18.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000 © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The finely potted body is raised on a high foot ring and covered with a white slip painted in dark brown with a band of abstract leaves, all under a clear glaze that stops on the lower body to reveal the pale grey ware, Japanese wood box, lacquer cover.

Japanese wood box.

Provenance: The Idemitsu Collection, prior to 1979. 
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.

Literature: Idemitsu Art Museum, The Ceramics of Song Dynasty, Tokyo, 1979, no. 107.
Fujio Koyama (ed.), Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, no. 515.

Exhibited: Idemitsu Art Museum, The Ceramics of Song Dynasty, Tokyo, 1979.

Christie's. Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The Linyushanren Collection Part IV. New York, 13 September 2018