Tortoiseshell glazed bowl, Southern Song (1127 - 1279)

Dimensions:

  5.50cm high (  2.17 inches high)

16.50cm diameter ( 6.50 inches in diameter)



A very fine Jizhou conical bowl of unusually large size.

ref.4980


Literature:
For comparable bowls see : Mowry, "Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers" Harvard 1996 No.92 p.235
"Dark Jewels" Chinese black and brownceramics from the Shatzman Collection, Ackland Art Museum, 2003, No 29 p.49
Krahl: "Yuegutang", A Collection of Chinese Ceramics in Berlin, No.192 for a near identical bowl

Condition:
excellent