J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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A NORTHERN BROWN-GLAZED TEA BOWL

Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279)

of Cizhou type, the small bowl of almost hemispherical ‘bubble bowl’ form with steeply rounded sides rising to an in-turned lip, covered inside and out with a russet glaze shading darker in narrow bands just below the rim on the exterior and on the interior, and pooling darker around the small boss in the center, the glaze stopping low on the sides, the small ring foot and slightly countersunk base unglazed, the hard stoneware fired grayish-tan.

Diameter 3 ¹⁄₂ inches (8.9 cm)

宋    醬釉小碗    徑  8.9  厘米