A BLACK-GLAZED 'CIZHOU' BOWL SONG DYNASTY

the deep sides rising from a straight foot, the exterior covered in an oily-black glaze and the interior with a thick cream glaze, both stopping short of the rim leaving it unglazed

Collection of Carl Kempe.

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 96, no. 272 (one of a pair).

This bowl is in good condition, but there are some glaze cracks throughout to the interior. There are two glaze pulls/ areas of glaze inconsistency to the exterior, one to the side below the rim and the other to the base.
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The pair to this bowl, also from the Carl Kempe collection, was sold at Christie's London, 13th May 2014, lot 1523.