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LOT 2270

Chinese Jianyao Brown Glazed Tea Bowl

SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D.

4 in. (140 grams, 10.2 cm).

Conical in profile with low base and rounded rim. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Literature

Cf. Lally, J.J., Song Dynasty Ceramics, The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection, New York, 2013, n.40, for similar.

Footnotes

Song literary and historical evidence confirm that Jianyao tea bowls were highly prized at the imperial court and famous throughout China during the Northern Song dynasty, and mention that the great aesthete and connoisseur Emperor Huizong (r. 1100–1125) was ‘. . . an enthusiastic devotee. . . of Jian tea bowls’.

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LOT 2270

Chinese Jianyao Brown Glazed Tea Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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