A JIZHOU LEAF-DECORATED TEA BOWL, SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

A JIZHOU LEAF-DECORATED TEA BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The bowl is potted with slightly rounded sides, and is decorated on the interior with the brownish-buff gossamer imprint of a curling leaf against a dark-brown glaze that thins to an amber color at the rim and ends on the exterior above the shallow ring foot exposing the buff body.
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.

Literature
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006, p. 65, no. 80.

Exhibited
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006.