Sold for:
$4,613
$4,613
Jizhou Tea Bowl, China, Song dynasty, with slightly rounded sides and inward tapering rim, resting on a low bisque foot, the interior decorated with cutout design of jumping deer and plants in dark chocolate glaze over a lighter mottled glaze ground, the exterior mottled in two-tone glazes for tortoiseshell effect, crackling, with a conforming box, ht. 2 1/4, dia. 4 3/8 in. Note: Available is a Termoluminescence Analysis Report issued in 2002 by the Oxford Authentication Ltd. It states that "it was estimated that the date of last firing was between 700 and 1200 years ago."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-05-16
