A Jizhou 'tortoiseshell'- glazed bowl


Southern Song DynastyThe bowl with slighly rounded conical sides rising to a slightly everted rim, covered overall in a dark brownish-black glaze and liberally splashed with caramel-beige tones simulating tortoiseshell, the glaze stopping neatly above the short foot, fitted box. 10.7cm (4 1/8in) diam. (2).
|南宋 吉州窯仿玳瑁釉盌Provenance: acquired from Priestley & Ferraro Chinese Art, London, on 19 October 2001The Reid Collection來源： 於2001年10月19日購自倫敦古董商Priestley & Ferraro Chinese ArtReid 收藏A similar 'tortoiseshell'-glazed bowl, Southern Song dynasty, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 7 April 2014, lot 3624; another 'tortoiseshell'-glazed bowl, Southern Song dynasty, decorated with caramel-coloured splashes, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 2-3 June 2016, lot 648.