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LOT 2295

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

CHINESE JIANYAO HARE'S FUR TEA BOWL
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D.
5 in. (302 grams, 12.9 cm).

Of conical form, with everted rim and discoid foot, the interior decorated with a lustrous blackish glaze shot through with streaks of blue-silver 'hare's fur' markings, the exterior displaying russet and silver markings, the brown ware visible towards the foot. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
UK gallery, early 2000s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 91.1.226, for similar.

CONDITION
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