Pair of Chinese Jizhou Splashed and Painted Bowls

Pair of Chinese Jizhou Splashed and Painted Bowls. Each of†deep rounded sides, covered overall with a brownish-black glaze, the exterior splashed with caramel-bluish streaks, and the interior painted with an connecting spirals in a creamy coffee brown glaze simulating tixi lacquer, the base unglazed revealing the buff body, the rim bound in gilt-metal band. {Diameter: 4 inches (10.2 cm)}. Provenance: _x000B_Collection of Dr. Reri Fujimura, Berkeley, California.