A RARE JIAN ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL

Lot 3017
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
HKD 400 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 963329
Lot 3017 | A RARE JIAN ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL
Estimate value
HKD 400 000 – 600 000
A RARE JIAN ‘HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL

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
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