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

A 'Jian' black-dotted gray-glazed bowl

Southern Song dynasty

南宋 建窰灰被天目茶盞

potted on a low foot, the steep rounded sides slightly constricted just below the rim, covered with a russet-tinged gray glaze mottled with faint black dots, the glaze stopping above the foot to reveal the dark grayish-brown body, the rim bound with metal, Japanese wood box (3) 

Diameter 4 ¾ in., 12.2 cm