ID 963329
Lot 3017 | A RARE JIAN ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL
Estimate value
HKD 400 000 – 600 000
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl is thickly potted with a narrow groove below the rim, covered overall with a lustrous black glaze streaked with fine ‘hare’s fur’ markings on the interior and exterior where the glaze stops above the foot exposing the chocolate-brown body. The mouth is bound with a metal mount.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, Nagoya
Exhibited
Tenmoku, Nezu Museum and Tokugawa Museum, 1979, Catalogue, no. 23
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Song dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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