A CIZHOU PAINTED SHALLOW BOWL, JIN DYNASTY China, 1115-1234. The conical sides rising from the thick and slightly spreading foot, freely painted to the interior with a spray of leaves and grasses below a wide band bordered by double line borders, all on a white slip under a clear glaze falling in an irregular line on the exterior to expose the grayish-buff ware.

Provenance: From an old English private estate. A noted private collector in London, United Kingdom, acquired from the above.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, including kiln grit and dark spots. Fine crackling to glaze, minimal nibbling to foot, a shallow chip to the exterior below the rim, few minuscule nicks, light scratches.

Weight: 577.5 g
Dimensions: Diameter 22 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a near-identical Cizhou painted shallow bowl, also dated to the Jin dynasty, of closely related size, form, and design, and with similar kiln grit to interior, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 26 March 2003, lot 224, sold for USD 4,541. Compare also a painted Cizhou deep bowl, also dated to the Jin dynasty and similarly painted in an abstract manner, at Christie’s New York in Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The Linyushanren Collection Part IV on 13 September 2018, lot 831, sold for USD 40,000. Note that the first example (the near-identical shallow bowl) was sold almost twenty years ago and would likely fetch a higher price today, more in line with the second example.

金代磁州窯淺碗
中國，1115-1234年。敞口，斜腹，淺圈足，碗沿幾道寬帶紋，碗内繪製卷葉紋，碗外露淺灰色胎。

來源：英國老私人收藏；倫敦知名私人收藏購於上述收藏。
品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵，包括窯砂和黑點。釉面有細微開片，足部有輕微磕損，外部邊緣下方有淺切屑，少量微小刻痕與劃痕。

重量：577.5 克
尺寸：直徑22 厘米

拍賣結果比較: 比較一件相近尺寸和紋樣的金代磁州窯碗，内部也有窯沙，見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2003年3月26日 售價USD 4,541；一件金代相似紋樣的磁州窯深碗，見紐約佳士得Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The Linyushanren Collection Part IV 2018年9月13日lot 831, 售價USD 40,000。（請注意，第一個例子大約在 20 年前售出，今天可能會賣出更高的價格，如第二個例子一般。）