A shallow Jizhou resist-decorated tea bowl with a paper-cut design of phoenixes and flowerheads on a soufflé ground, the exterior covered with a dark brown glaze stopping short of the footrim washed with a brown slip. Inscription and old collector’s label 16 to base. Diameter: 4 7/8 in. Southern Song, 12-13th cent. Japanese lacquer repairs as indicated. From an old English collection.The indented lip, a relatively late ...click for details
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