$6,500
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Auction: September 9, 2017 11:00:00 AM EDT
The hemispherical bowl raised on a short circular foot, the slightly domed cover with small scroll finial, the exterior with an attractive russet-brown, slightly matte glaze, the interior of the bowl with a creamy slip.
H with cover: 3 7/8 in., 9.9cmProvenance: Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord and Pamela Watkins.
NOTE: For a Cizhou-type "partridge-feather"-glazed jar and cover of similar form, see Robert Mowry et al, "Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers, Chinese Brown and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400", Cambridge, 1996, p. 144, no. 39.