A RARE BLACK-GLAZED 'OIL SPOT' BOWL, NORTHERN SONG - JIN DYNASTY

A RARE BLACK-GLAZED 'OIL SPOT' BOWL

NORTHERN SONG - JIN DYNASTY

北宋至金 黑釉油滴紋笠式盌

of conical form, the narrow foot sweeping to steeply flaring sides, all under a lustrous ebony-black glaze speckled with silver 'oil spots', the glaze thinning to dark brown at the rim and around the base, and stopping neatly at the footring to reveal the grayish-buff body

Diameter 5⅜ in., 13.7 cm