A Chinese Crackle Glazed Melon-Shaped Pottery Alms BowlTang-Song DynastyThe melon shaped ten sectioned globular bowl with its inverted mouth rim is covered in a cream and gold crackle glaze with green undertones that stops perfectly at the foot, the interior of the bowl with a green crackle glaze, the base left unglazed to expose the grayish body. Diameter 6 1/4 inches. Note:Tang/Song alms bowls are rare and those of a melon shape with a cream crackle glaze on the exterior and a green crackle glaze on the interior even more so. See, for example, the Tang Dynasty globular alms bowl with a similar slightly inverted mouth rim partially covered in a grayish-cream glaze without any crackle or interior green crackle glaze, Christies London 16 November 2016, lot 52 (Realized price GBP 10,000). The existence of the green glaze on the interior of this bowl is characteristic of green glazes in Tang pieces. See Christies, New York 19 March 2021, Lot 879 (Realized price USD 11,875) for a Tang Dynasty bowl with a similar green glaze on the exterior.C Property from the Collection of Steven J. Harvis