A JIZHOU PAINTED BLACK-GLAZED BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY China, 12^th-14^th century. The rounded sides with a distinct ridge on the interior below the slightly everted rim and supported on a recessed tapered foot, covered inside and out with a blackish-brown glaze ending on the exterior in an irregular line above the foot, revealing the orange-buff ware, and fluidly painted on the interior in buff-colored slip with blossoming branches.

Provenance: From an old private collection in the Rhineland, Germany, assembled during the 1980s and 1990s.
Condition: Good condition with some wear, scratches and other traces of age, one breakage at the rim with associated repair.

Weight: 168.1 g
Dimensions: Diameter 11.3 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related Jizhou ware bowl with similar decoration in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museum, see Robert Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers (1996), cat. no. 94, pp. 237-8. Compare three closely related Jizhou bowls, all dated to the Song dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty II, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 249-252, nos. 227, 228, and 230.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 18 March 2009, lot 332
Price: USD 10,625 or approx. EUR 14,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Jizhou painted conical bowl, Southern Song/Yuan dynasty, 12^th-14^th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related brownish-black glaze and plum branch decoration painted in buff slip. Note the splash of transparent amber glaze in the center and the slightly larger size (14 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby's London, 14 May 2014, lot 76
Price: GBP 7,500 or approx. EUR 11,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Jizhou 'moon, clouds and prunus' bowl, Southern Song/Yuan dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form with similar ridge below the rim, brownish-black glaze, and plum branch decoration painted in buff slip. Note the larger size (16.8 cm).



南宋至元吉州窯黑釉碗
中國，十二至十四世紀。侈口，弧腹，錐形足；內外覆蓋著黑褐色的釉料，黑釉不及底，露胎；碗内有花枝紋。

來源：德國萊茵州私人舊藏，建立於上世紀八十至九十年代。
品相：狀況良好，有一些磨損、劃痕和其他老化痕跡，邊緣有一處破損並曾進行了相應修復。

重量：168.1 克
尺寸：直徑 11.3 厘米

文獻比較：
比較一件非常相近的吉州窯碗，有相似的裝飾，收藏於Arthur M. Sackler博物館，哈佛大學藝術博物館，見Robert Mowry，《Hare's Fur，Tortoiseshell，and Partridge Feathers (1996)》，圖錄編號94，頁237-8。比較三件非常相近的宋代吉州窯碗，見《北京故宮博物院藏珍品全集‧兩宋瓷器II》，香港，1996年，頁249-252，編號227，228和230.

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2009年3月18日，lot 332
價格：USD 10,625（相當於今日EUR 14,500）
描述：十二至十四世紀南宋至元吉州窯黑釉碗
專家評論：比較非常相近的黑釉，飾有露胎梅枝。請注意中間有一抹透明的琥珀色釉面和尺寸稍大(14厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2014年5月14日，lot 76
價格：GBP 7,500（相當於今日EUR 11,000）
描述：南宋至元吉州窰黑釉月下寒梅紋盌
專家評論：比較非常相近的外型，如邊緣下相似的弦紋、黑釉和露胎梅枝。請注意尺寸較大(16.8厘米)。