A Jian 'Hare's Fur' teabowl .Song dynasty. photo Nagel Auctions

Property from an old North German private collection

A bowl of this classic 'Jian' teabowl type in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, was included in the exhibition Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Mass., 1995, cat. no. 79.

Compare several hare's fur bowls recovered from the 'Jian' kiln site in Jianyang county, Fujian province, illustrated in Kaogu jinghua, Beijing, 1993, pl. 285, where a 'gold' and a 'silver hare's fur' glaze are distinguished

Good condition. D. 12,7 cm - Estimate 2000 €

Nagel Auctions. Asian Art. November 4th 2011. www.auction.de