$3,750
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
Auction: October 2, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
The conical bowl with indented lip, and low circular foot, edge and underside of foot incised "wu" (five), the thick black glaze decorated with series of partridge feather-like pattern, flowing to a thick welt above the foot. NOTE: for another bowl with incised numeral from the Sackler Museum Collection, see :"Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, Chinese Brown and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400", Massachusetts, 1996, p.211 EXHIBITED: Morristown, New Jersey, Morris Museum, "Harmony in Clay: the Elegance and Refinement of Song Ceramics", March 8-June 24, 2012, #46 PUBLISHED: "Song Ceramics, the Eight Kiln Groups at a Glance, Examples from the Jiyuanshanfang Collection, 2008, p. 290.
Dia: 4 5/8 in. (bowl)Provenance: Property from a US private collection.