Lot 75. A Jizhou 'leaf' bowl, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279); diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Lot sold 27,400 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of conical form with wide flaring sides rising from a short foot, covered overall in a deep brown-black glaze, the interior well with a leaf fired against the dark color, the foot left unglazed revealing the pale body.

Property of the Dexingshuwu Collection.

Note: A black-glazed 'Jizhou' bowl of this type with a single leaf design, and of the same size, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 240. Further three related bowls are included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Ceramics, vol. II, Tokyo, 1988, cat.nos. 668-670; and one from the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, was included in the exhibition Song Ceramics, Tobu Museum of Art, 1999, cat.no. 79.

Bowls of this type have also been sold at auction; see one illustrated in Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, vol. 1, New York, 1946, fig. 331 (left), sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th November 1977, lot 14; and another, sold in our London rooms, 13th November 2002, lot 69.