A SMALL CIZHOU-TYPE 'OIL-SPOT' BOWL, JIN DYNASTYChina, 1115-1234. The deep, rounded sides rising from a short, thick foot to an indented rim. Covered with a lustrous, blackish-brown glaze densely patterned on the interior with silvery 'oil spots', which on the exterior falls short of the small foot exposing the fine brownish-buff ware.Provenance: A noted private collector in London, United Kingdom.Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear, traces of use and shallow surface scratches, firing flaws, including several glaze recesses, the foot with few minor nicks.Weight: 156.6 gDimensions: Diameter 10.2 cmThis bowl is a Jin Dynasty imitation of a Shanxi ceramic ware, likely made in Shandong province, during the 12th-13th centuries, based on the circular foot ring as well as the underglaze mid-brown, iron-bearing slip. The slip used on wares made in Shanxi typically shows distinct iron-bearing clusters, which are not found on the present bowl.Literature comparison: Two similar Cizhou-type bowls, also made in Shandong province, are illustrated by Robert D. Mowry in Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown-and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Cambridge, 1996, pp. 153-55, nos. 46-47.Auction result comparison: Compare a near-identical oil spot bowl, also dated to the Jin dynasty, at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 19 September 2014, lot 787,sold for USD 16,250. Compare a related oil spot bowl, dated Northern Song to Jin dynasty, at Christie's Hong Kong in Chinese Ceramics from the Yangdetang Collection on 30 November 2016, lot 3149,sold for HKD 300,000.金代磁州系黑釉油滴盞中國，1115-1234年。唇沿，深直腹，圈足。覆以有光澤的黑褐色釉，釉面密佈銀色“油滴”。黑釉至於圈足上方，露出棕褐色內胎。來源：倫敦知名私人收藏。品相：狀況極好，有輕微舊時磨損、使用痕跡和表面淺劃痕、燒製瑕疵，包括幾個釉面凹陷，足部有一些輕微的劃痕。重量：156.6 克尺寸：直徑 10.2釐米拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近形狀的金代油滴盞，見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2014年9月19日 lot 787,售價USD 16,250。比較一件北宋至金代油滴盞，見香港佳士得Chinese Ceramics from the Yangdetang Collection 2016年11月30日 lot 3149,售價HKD 300,000。