A Jizhou tortoiseshell-glazed bowl– Song Dynasty
The bowl is potted with rounded conical sides and covered inside and out with a dark brown glaze splashed in transparent amber glaze that forms a more dense pattern on the interior. Glaze ends in an irregular line on the exterior atop a medium-brown slip-glaze above the flat-bottomed ring foot.
Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
Size: Height 5.7 cm, diameter 11.1 cm
Condition: Wear, small chip to the footring, some glaze loss to the rim and to a few of the splashes, No cracks or repairs.
Provenance: From the collection of Gunnar Silverberg (1923-2025). Gunnar Silverberg began his career in his father Axel Silverberg’s furniture workshop, where he learned the craft of furniture making from the ground up. In the 1940s, he opened his own furniture store in Malmö, Sweden. When the property was later slated for demolition, he was offered the opportunity to lease premises on three floors in the newly constructed Valand Building. This would go on to become one of southern Sweden’s most significant furniture stores. His interest in Oriental porcelain was also reflected in the range he offered, and he undertook purchasing trips to, among other places, China and London. Scandinavian ceramics and furniture design were likewise close to his heart.
SKU: 242
References: There is a very similar bowl in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum illustrated in Ancient Kiln in China: Jizhou Kiln of China. Bejing 2013. plate 35.
Compare also with bowl illustrated by Li Zhiyan & Simon Kwan in Song Ceramics from the Muwen Tang Collection, 2012, plate 218.
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