The conical sides rising from a short foot, covered with a black glaze suffused with irregular blue and russet dots, the glaze stopping short in an even line above the foot revealing the sand coloured buff.

Provenance: - Collection Michel Paciello, Venice (1999)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam.

Compare: - R. Kerr, Song Ceramics, V&A Museum, London 2004, no. 109, p. 108
[exhib.cat.] The Multiplicity of Simplicity, University Museum & Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2012, no. 103, p. 255
[exhib.cat.] Song Ceramics, Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo 1999, no. 81, p. 119.

NoteThe only other known, yet slightly earlier example is in the Roy Hu collection in Taipei.

Art d'Asie comprenant la collection du Drs Koos de Jong - Partie 1 chez AAG (Arts & Antiques Group), Amsterdam, le 05 Novembre 2018 à 14h00