Lot Essay
Compare the current bowl to a slightly larger example with kintsugi repair in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York (accession no. 25.60.32).
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SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
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A JIAN ‘SILVER HARE’S FUR’ TEA BOWL
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The tea bowl is well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot rim rising to a finger-grooved rim. It is covered with a thick black glaze finely streaked with iridescent ‘silver hare’s fur’ markings with kintsugi gold repair, stopping irregularly above the foot exposing the dark brown body.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)
The tea bowl is well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot rim rising to a finger-grooved rim. It is covered with a thick black glaze finely streaked with iridescent ‘silver hare’s fur’ markings with kintsugi gold repair, stopping irregularly above the foot exposing the dark brown body.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
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