Chinese porcelain Jizhou tea bowl. The deep bowl body with waisted sides rising from a slightly concaved foot base, shallow vessel potted in a conical form, with slightly rounded sides toward wide opening, raised on narrow foot ring. The body covered overall in a black glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the brown-black body, It is coated with a lighter color glaze before it is positioned on the interior of a black glazed bowl. The interior decorated with a naturalistic dot decoration around the Jizhou bowl in soft greyish fine color. The glaze is of a dark brownish olive tone streaking to a creamy coffee brown simulating tixi lacquer and stopping above the concave base exposing the pale buff foot rim. The glaze is stopping above foot rim, revealed unglazed creme-brown base with orange and grayish firing marks.

Measurements: Height:2 3/8" Diameter:6 1/4"