Lot 1153. A paper-cut resist-decorated Jizhou 'Phoenix' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 5,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The widely flared conical bowl is decorated on the interior in resist technique with three long-tailed phoenixes in flight above one flower head in the center, all reserved on a dark-brown glaze against a variegated olive-beige ground. The exterior has numerous pale buff spots on a blackish-brown ground that stops unevenly above the exposed stoneware pottery foot.

Provenance: Stephen Junkunc, III (1904-1978) Collection.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 - 14 September 2018