A CIZHOU RUSSET-SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED BOWLSong/Jin dynasty, 12th/13th century The gently rounded sides curving up to the unglazed rim and covered with a brilliant black-brown glaze on the interior with five russet splashes, the exterior black glaze stopping unevenly at the mid-point of the vessel revealing the hard, buff body. 1 3/4in (4.4cm) high; 4 5/8in (11.7cm) diam 宋/金 十二/十三世紀 磁州黑釉鐵銹斑盌 Dark-glazed bowls of this type, with large, evenly-spaced russet splashes, usually numbering three and five, were popular at the various Cizhou kiln sites, as were those with silvery markings. For two examples see Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Chinese Brown-and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400 , Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996, pp. 154-156, nos. 47 and 48.