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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
3-May-2016
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Description:
A Chinese jian-Ware tea bowl with indented lip and subtle hare's fur markings, 12th century, 12.8 cm diameter. Provenance: NSW private collection, Ex Ronald W. Longsdorf collection, no. 1471, Compare a similar example, see nos. 82, Robert D. Mowry, Hare's fur, tortoiseshell, and Partridge feather: Chinese brown- and black-glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, P. 218 - 219, Ronald W. Longsdorf, collector of Chinese porcelain, especially that of the song dynasty, for over 30 years. His sold-out exhibition, curated by J. J. Lally in 2013, presented a comprehensive study of ceramics during this period from various important kilns and of refined examples. Longsdorf 1471, . Mowry, Hare's fur, tortoiseshell, and Partridge feather: Chinese brown- and black-glazed Ceramics
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Category:
Antiquities: Asian