Description: Song dynasty (960-1279)
The conical sides rising from a short foot, covered with a black glaze suffused with irregular blue and russet dots, the glaze stopping short in an even line above the foot revealing the sand coloured buff.
Diam. 10.5 cm
Provenance:
- Collection Michel Paciello, Venice (1999)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam
Compare:
- R. Kerr, Song Ceramics, V&A Museum, London 2004, no. 109, p. 108
- [exhib.cat.] The Multiplicity of Simplicity, University Museum & Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2012, no. 103, p. 255
- [exhib.cat.] Song Ceramics, Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo 1999, no. 81, p. 119
Note:
The only other known, yet slightly earlier example is in the Roy Hu collection in Taipei.
