A JIZHOU 'TORTOISE-SHELL' BOWL SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY |

well potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short foot, liberally decorated overall with variegated brownish-beige splashes and mottles against a dark ground mimicking tortoise-shell, the glaze stopping neatly above the unglazed foot, the rim mounted with a metal band, Japanese wood box inscribed by Ryoichi Fujioka