A CHINESE JIZHOU BLACK GLAZED TEA BOWL

SONG DYNASTY

The deep rounded sides decorated with a thick black glaze which stops short of the foot, the biscuit base left exposed, 11.1cm dia.

Cf. D Yang & D Dai, Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics, vol.15, Jizhou Ware, no.60 for a comparable Jizhou black tea bowl in the collection of the Jiangxi Museum.