ID 718922
Lot 1090 | A SMALL 'OIL SPOT' TEA BOWL
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The deep, rounded sides are covered inside and out with a thick iridescent black glaze suffused with a dense pattern of variegated iridescent ‘oil spots’, stopping above the foot to expose the stoneware body covered in a purplish-brown wash.
3 1⁄2 in. (9 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1986.
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |



