AN EXQUISITE SMALL BLACK-GLAZED RUSSET-SPLASHED BOWL, NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

AN EXQUISITE SMALL BLACK-GLAZED RUSSET-SPLASHED BOWL

NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY

北宋 / 金 黑釉醬斑小盌

delicately potted with the deep rounded sides rising from a short foot, with a narrow groove encircling the exterior below the rim, bathed in a lustrous black glaze and splashed with russet cascading from the caramel brown-colored rim, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the stoneware body dressed in a thin coat of brown slip 

Diameter 3½ in., 9 cm