Lot 3133. A Jian ‘hare’s fur’ tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Estimate HK$200,000 – HK$400,000 ($25,867 - $51,735). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The bowl is potted with deep sides rising to a slightly everted finger-grooved rim, covered inside and out with a lustrous black glaze finely streaked with russet 'hare's fur' markings that stops irregularly above the foot exposing the chocolate-brown body. The mouth rim is mounted with metal. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s

Literature: Kuro to Shiro - Soji -, Tokyo, 2015, pl. 8

Christie's. CLASSICAL CHINESE ART FROM THE SUI TO THE SONG DYNASTIES, 1 June 2016, Convention Hall