12th Mar, 2019 10:00 EST
Asian Arts
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A Chinese Jizhou "Phoenix and Floret""paper-resist" teabowl
Southern Song dynasty
Of rounded conical form on low circular foot, the interior decorated with two reddish-brown long-tailed phoenixes in flight between two prunus blossoms, another blossom in the well, all reserved against the finely variegated chocolate brown-veined buff ground, the exterior buff-speckled against a dark brown ground, falling short of a knife-cut edge above the narrow ring foot, cloth box. EXHIBITED: Morristown, New Jersey, Morris Museum, "Harmony in Clay: the Elegance and Refinement of Song Ceramics", March 8-June 24, 2012, #72 PUBLISHED: "Song Ceramics, the Eight Kiln Groups at a Glance, Examples from the Jiyuanshanfang Collection, 2008, p. 348.
Dia: 4 3/4 in., 12.1 cm
Provenance: Property from a US private collection
Sold for $4,062
Estimated at $1,800 - $2,200
Of rounded conical form on low circular foot, the interior decorated with two reddish-brown long-tailed phoenixes in flight between two prunus blossoms, another blossom in the well, all reserved against the finely variegated chocolate brown-veined buff ground, the exterior buff-speckled against a dark brown ground, falling short of a knife-cut edge above the narrow ring foot, cloth box. EXHIBITED: Morristown, New Jersey, Morris Museum, "Harmony in Clay: the Elegance and Refinement of Song Ceramics", March 8-June 24, 2012, #72 PUBLISHED: "Song Ceramics, the Eight Kiln Groups at a Glance, Examples from the Jiyuanshanfang Collection, 2008, p. 348.
Provenance: Property from a US private collection
