The conical bowl is decorated to the interior with the brownish-buff, gossamer imprint of a large leaf against a dark-brown glaze that thins very slightly at the rim. The glaze stops on the exterior just above the shallow ring foot, exposing the buff body, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's family in Europe prior to 1975, then by descent within the family.

Property of a private Dutch collection.

Note: Compare this bowl with two Jizhou leaf-decorated bowls sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3127 and Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1280.

Christie’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 15 May 2018. SALE 15487