A HENAN BLACK-GLAZED BOWL, NORTHERN SONG OR JIN DYNASTYChina, 960-1234. The deep rounded sides rising from a short foot, the interior finished with a thick ridge below the rim, covered overall with a brown-black glaze, thinning at the rim to a russet-brown, almost cinnamon color, stopping unevenly above the foot to expose the buff gray stoneware body.Provenance: From the collection of an important German scholar, assembled between 1961 and 1966, and thence by descent in the same family. An old collector’s inventory label to the base reading ‘238’.Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing irregularities, including crackling to the glaze. The foot with few tiny chips. Light surface scratches. The rim chipped with a minor old fill.Weight: 174.8 gDimensions: Diameter 11.9 cmAuction resultparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby’s New York, 13 September 2016, lot 118Estimate: USD 5,000 or approx.EUR 5,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Henan black-glazed bowl, Northern Song / Jin dynastyExpert remark:pare the closely related form and glaze北宋或金代河南黑釉碗中國，960-1234年。碗唇口，弧腹，圈足，內外施黑色釉，黑釉呈色油亮，漆黑深邃。外壁施釉不及底，可見修胎工整。