Details
A VERY RARE HUAIREN WHITE-RIMMED ‘OIL SPOT’ TEA BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The rounded bowl is covered inside and out with a blackish-brown glaze applied with dense silvery snowflake-shaped iron spots, the glaze stops in an irregular line on the exterior above the foot covered with purplish dressing. The brown glaze was scraped away at the mouth rim and applied with a milky white glaze.
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection formed in the 1940s, by repute
Acquired in Japan in 1994
Details
A VERY RARE HUAIREN WHITE-RIMMED ‘OIL SPOT’ TEA BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The rounded bowl is covered inside and out with a blackish-brown glaze applied with dense silvery snowflake-shaped iron spots, the glaze stops in an irregular line on the exterior above the foot covered with purplish dressing. The brown glaze was scraped away at the mouth rim and applied with a milky white glaze.
4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection formed in the 1940s, by repute
Acquired in Japan in 1994
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