A LARGE 'CIZHOU'-TYPE BOWL NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

the steep gently rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, covered overall in a creamy-white slip and transparent glaze, the well with five small spur marks, the glaze finishing unevenly above the unglazed foot revealing the buff-colored stoneware body
Diameter 10 5/8 in., 27 cm

Provenance:
Paul Mellon, Paris.
Collection of Russell M. Tyson (1867-1963).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1946 (acc. no. 1946-949).