Monochrome II
Monochrome II
PROPERTY FROM THE AOYAMA STUDIO COLLECTION 青山居珍藏
A CIZHOU RUSSET-SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED BOWL NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY | 北宋至金 磁州窰黑釉鐵鏽飛斑天目茶盞
Auction Closed
October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Aoyama Studio Collection
A CIZHOU RUSSET-SPLASHED BLACK-GLAZED BOWL
NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY
青山居珍藏
北宋至金 磁州窰黑釉鐵鏽飛斑天目茶盞
the interior covered in a lustrous black glaze accentuated with liberally splashed short russet streaks, the exterior decorated with a lustrous persimmon glaze stopping neatly above the foot to reveal the pale buff body, Japanese wood box
14.2 cm, 5 ⅝ in.
A Japanese private collection.
日本私人收藏
Asymmetrical and yet aesthetically pleasing, the russet markings on the present bowl were created by applying a slip which contains iron-oxide on top of the dark glaze before firing. Such abstract patterns of russet splashes on Cizhou wares were probably inspired by teabowls from the Southern Jian kilns, and were produced during the Northern Song and Jin period (Robert D. Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Mass., 1995-96, p. 32; see lot 31).
Two related conical bowls are included in ibid., cat. nos 37a-b; and another with larger russet mottles is offered in this sale, lot 2.