A gray-glazed 'Jian' bowl, Southern Song dynasty | 南宋 建窰灰被天目茶盞

A gray-glazed 'Jian' bowl

Southern Song dynasty

南宋 建窰灰被天目茶盞

with steep sides rising from a short foot to an indented groove beneath the rim, covered overall with a gray glaze with fine streaks descending from the rim, the glaze gently pooling in the recesses to a pale moss-green color and stopping short of the foot to reveal the gray stoneware body

Diameter 5 in., 12.9 cm