A 'Jizhou' 'Papercut' teabowl Southern Song Dynasty

of conical form resting on a small buff-colored foot, the interior decorated with three medallions enclosing four-character phrases reserved in dark brown on the lustrous amber speckled ground, the exterior dressed with irregular splashes

There are six pinholes to the interior, all tiny but one approximately 1/4 inch long. The exterior has tiny pinholes and pinpricks. There are minor glaze flakes to the bottom of the exterior glaze, one small kiln fault, and a small chip 1/2 inch wide. This bowl is in otherwise good condition overall.
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The three medallions are emblazoned with auspicious four-character phrases which read and translate as follows:

Fu shou kang ning (wealth, longevity, health and peace)
Jin yu man tang (may gold and jade fill your hall)

A 'Jizhou' bowl of this paper-cut design is illustrated in Jiang Xuanyi, Jizhou: Jianzhi enyang tieyin di ciqi, Beijing, 1958, pl. 18; and one is included in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 15, Kyoto, 1986, pl. 22. Compare also one sold in these rooms, 21st September 2006, lot 291; and another from the Mayer collection sold at Christie's London, 24th June 1974, lot 58.