THREE 'JIZHOU' BOWLS SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

each with rounded sides rising in two of the bowls to a slightly indented ridged vertical rim and in the other to a slightly inverted rim, all supported on a round bottomed base with wedge-sectioned footrim, covered in a dark brown glaze, one painted in overglaze with a magpie and prunus branch, one with the moon and a plum blossom and the third with 'hawksbill speckles' (3)

Collection of Gale R. Blosser (1913-2009), acquired at Kalk Bay Antiques, Cape Town, 1970s.

The cup painted with prunus has a single minute glaze chip on the exterior and a tiny flaw to the rim. The bowl painted with a moon and plum blossom has a small chip to the rim with an associated hairline crack. The speckled bowl as a slight potting flaw causing an uneven rim. All three with wear to the surface.
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