Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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An interesting and very rare Jizhou tortoiseshell-glazed tea bowl
The tea bowl rests on a short foot, rising from conical sides to a flared rim, and is covered in a beautiful dark brown glaze mottled with gold. The unglazed underside is exposing the brown stoneware.
Diameter: 12.5cm
Style of: Song (13th century), Origin: Jizhou, Jiangxi, age determination uncertain
Restorations made with gold lacquer.
Sotheby's 13th June 2003, 329, 330. M.Tregear, La Céramique Song, pg.188 and image 266. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-jizhou-tortoiseshell-glazed-tea-bowl-southern-song-4148697-details.aspx?pos=1&intObjectID=4148697&sid=&page=11&lid=1. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/contemporary-literati-gathering-hk0507/lot.3624.html
The tea bowl rests on a short foot, rising from conical sides to a flared rim, and is covered in a beautiful dark brown glaze mottled with gold. The unglazed underside is exposing the brown stoneware.
Diameter: 12.5cm
Style of: Song (13th century), Origin: Jizhou, Jiangxi, age determination uncertain
Restorations made with gold lacquer.
Sotheby's 13th June 2003, 329, 330. M.Tregear, La Céramique Song, pg.188 and image 266. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-jizhou-tortoiseshell-glazed-tea-bowl-southern-song-4148697-details.aspx?pos=1&intObjectID=4148697&sid=&page=11&lid=1. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/contemporary-literati-gathering-hk0507/lot.3624.html