A rare Jizhou lobed tortoise-shell bowl Song dynasty | 宋 吉州窰玳瑁釉花式盌

A rare Jizhou lobed tortoise-shell bowl

Song dynasty

 宋 吉州窰玳瑁釉花式盌

with rounded sides gently divided into six lobes and raised on a short foot, liberally decorated overall with variegated brownish-beige splashes and mottles against a dark ground mimicking tortoise-shell, the glaze stopping neatly above the unglazed foot

11.2 cm