A 'JIAN' 'HARE'S FUR' TEABOWL, SONG DYNASTY
A 'JIAN' 'HARE'S FUR' TEABOWL, SONG DYNASTYEstimate $3,000 – $4,000
- Lot Sold $3,000 (Hammer Price)
- $3,600 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
of conical form, covered inside and out with a lustrous black glaze suffused with russet streaks, the glaze stopping unevenly short of the foot to reveal the rough dark body
12.5CM
OTHER NOTES
See a teabowl from the Asian Arts Museum, San Francisco, illustrated by He Li Chinese Ceramics, no. 308
CONDITION
slightly warped, scattered tiny bumps (raised inclusions) in the glaze on interior and a larger raised 'bump' beneath glaze towards the base, on exterior a firing blemish where glaze not adhered (or broken off) on lower part above foot, approx 4cm, and another smaller area where pooled glaze broken off approx 1.8cm, small minor chip on rim, shallow minor chip on interior edge of footrim, slight wear
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