Lot 2952. A Jian ‘silver hare’s fur’ tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 250,000. Price realised HKD 525,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

The tea bowl is well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot rim rising to a finger-grooved rim. It is covered with a thick black glaze finely streaked with iridescent ‘silver hare’s fur’ markings with kintsugi gold repair, stopping irregularly above the foot exposing the dark brown body, Japanese wood box. 

Compare the current bowl to a slightly larger example with kintsugi repair in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York (accession no. 25.60.32).

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 28 November 2018