Lot 3223. A 'Cizhou' russet-splashed black-glazed bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234), 18.1 cm, 7 1/8  in. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 HKD. Lot sold 75,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.

with deep sloping sides supported on a short foot, the interior covered in a lustrous black glaze splashed with five russet streaks radiating from the white rim covered with a white slip band beneath a clear glaze, the exterior with black glaze and russet-brown slip falling short of the foot and revealing the buff body

Provenance: Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, prior to 1988.

Note: The present bowl belongs to a group of Northern blackwares of Cizhou type with distinctive russet-brown streaks to the glaze, reminiscent of the markings on hare’s fur. Compare a bowl of similar glaze and form included in the exhibition Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers. Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 1996, cat. no. 42.

Sotheby's. Song Ceramics from a Distinguished Private Collector, Hong Kong, 05 Apr 2017