A 'CIZHOU' 'JULUXIAN' BOWL NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY |

the deep sides set over a straight foot and rising conically to an everted rim, covered in an ivory-colored glaze suffused with swirling veins of milky taupe tones, the variegation effectively simulating that of marble, the glaze stopping unevenly above the foot exposing the grayish-white body

Collection of Dikran G. Kelekian (1867-1951).
Sotheby's New York, 26th March 1999, lot 296 (part lot).

Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louvre, Paris, 1914.
The Kelekian Collection of Ancient Chinese Potteries, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Chicago, 1917, cat. no. 32.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1931-48.

Henri Rivière, La Céramique dans l'art d'Extrême-Orient, vol. 1, Paris, 1923, pl. 28a.

The bowl with extensive wear, glaze erosion to a soft finish, and crazing that is russet-colored. The rim with scattered frits and small chips. The interior with three of the five spur marks gapped and discolored.
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