A PAINTED 'JIZHOU' BLACK-GLAZED 'FLORAL' BOWL
Jin Dynasty
Freely painted to the interior with blossoming branches encircling the well, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the buff pottery body.
14.5cm (5 3/4in) diam.
Footnotes:
金 吉州窰黑釉花紋盌

Provenance:
Sotheby's London, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art, 7 April 2004, lot 187.
R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 15 April 2004
Collection of Nicolas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) and thence by descent.

For a related piece see Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, no 94, pp 237-8.
Lot to be sold without reserve.

General old wear and firing imperfections.
Approx. 2cm rim hairline.
Some chipping to the foot.