A 'CIZHOU' BLACK AND WHITE-GLAZED DISH NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short slightly splayed foot to an everted rim, decorated overall with a mottled brownish-black glaze and transparent glaze over white slip in producing of an unusual color contrast resembling yin-yang, the foot rim left unglazed revealing the pale buff-colored stoneware body

The rim has some minor fritting, as well as an approx. 1 cm wide shallow flake chip to the underside. Otherwise, the dish is in overall good condition with some expected firing imperfections, including two polished kiln adhesion marks under the rim.
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It is rare to find Cizhou wares with the same design as the present dish, although a meiping, decorated in the same style, in the Kai-Yin Lo Collection, is included in the exhibition Bright as Silver. White as Snow. Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Denver Art Museum, Denver, 1998, pl. 26.