A Cizhou white bowl – Five Dynasties – Northern Song
With rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an incurved rim with pie-crust edge, the inside and upper part of the outside is covered in a transparent glaze with fine crackles over a white slip. There are three spur marks in the well. These bowls were fired at many kilns and there are several excavated examples from both Xing and Ding kilns, dated from Tang to Northern Song. This example was possibly fired in one of the many Cizhou kilns in Cixian area, Hebei.
Period: Five Dynasties – Northern Song (10th Century)
Size: Diameter 13 cm, height 5.5 cm
Condition: Minor surface scratches and pitting here and there, chips to the “pie crust” rim in three places
Provenance: From a German collection assembled in the 1960s
SKU: 225
References: Several comparable bowls have been excavated in Hebei. One example from the Ding kilns is illsstrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art unearthed in China – Hebei, Zhang Bai, Science Press, Bejing, 2008, Plate 72
More info: Northern White Ware
