15 mai 2011
Song ceramics @ Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 11 May 11, London
A fine and rare Konoha Temmoku tea bowl. Southern Song Dynasty, 12th/ 13th century. Photo Sotheby's
of 'Jizhou' manufacture, of conical shape with a small raised knob in the centre, covered with a fine opaque dark brown glaze that leaves the lip in a slightly lighter tone, and decorated on the inside with a large trefoil tree leaf with worm-eaten holes, forming an attractive yellowish-brown silhouette with fine veining, ivory-tinted edges and a honey-coloured stem, the low narrow footring and recessed base exposed in the... [Lire la suite]