Three 'Jizhou' bowls, Southern Song dynasty - Sotheby's
each with rounded sides rising in two of the bowls to a slightly indented ridged vertical rim and in the other to a slightly inverted rim, all supported on a round bottomed base with wedge-sectioned footrim, covered in a dark brown glaze, one painted in overglaze with a magpie and prunus branch, one with the moon and a plum blossom and the third with 'hawksbill speckles' (3). Diameter of largest 4 1/2 in., 11.4 cm - Estimation: 8,000 - 9,000 USD
PROVENANCE: Collection of Gale R. Blosser (1913-2009), acquired at Kalk Bay Antiques, Cape Town, 1970s.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 19 mars 2013 - www.sothebys.com