SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279)

A Jian ‘hare’s fur’-glazed tea bowl of this classic form in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by R. Kerr in Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p. 113, pls. 114 and 114a. Another similarly glazed Song-dynasty tea bowl of this form, with metal-bound rim, from the Linyushanren Collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2019, lot 1032.

The result of C-Link Research and Development Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. 8854BA19 is consistent with the dating of this lot.