AN EXTREMELY RARE PAINTED CIZHOU DEEP BOWL, JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

AN EXTREMELY RARE PAINTED CIZHOU DEEP BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The finely potted ovoid body is raised on a high foot ring and covered with a white slip painted in dark brown with six butterflies, their outstretched wings with combed details, all under a clear glaze that stops on the lower body to reveal the pale buff ware.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high, Japanese wood box, silk pouch and lacquered cover

Provenance
The Manno Art Museum, Osaka, no. 458.
Christie's Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 516.
Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.

Literature
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006, p. 69, no. 91.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, pp. 138-139, no. 57.

Exhibited
Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art - Special Exhibition ‘Run Through 10 Years’, Tokyo, 2006.
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.