JIZHOU 'PAPERCUT' TEABOWL SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY 南宋 吉州窯剪紙貼花梅花紋盞 robustly potted with gently rounded sides on tapered foot rising to a straight mouth, the interior resist-decorated with thirteen paper-cut-out plum blossom rosettes on a speckled beige-brown ground, the exterior covered with a dark brown glaze thinning near the foot exposing the buff body with burnt orange tinge (10.9cm diameter) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private Scottish collection, North Berwick, has been collecting Asian ceramics for 25 years. Acquired from Yue Gu Zhai Antique Co., Hong Kong, on 19 September 2001. With a photocopied receipt 'F2298', listed 'A Jizhou tea bowl with paper-cut prune design, Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279 A.D.', and an original certificate of authenticity from the gallery. Note: A comparable Jizhou teabowl with papercut resist-decoration, dated to the Southern Song dynasty, from the Charles B. Hoyt Collection, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 50.2013. Also compare to a Jizhou 'paper-cut' 'prunus' bowl, Southern Song dynasty, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 December 2015, lot 225. Note the similarity of a relatively free-flowing arrangement of the floral decoration. Also see a Jizhou paper-cut resist-decorated teabowl, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, 12th-13th century, sold at Christie's New York, 14 Sep 2012, lot 1397.