Song‑era Jizhou‑kiln splashed abstract‑design black‑glaze tea bowl

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Dimensions：Height 5.3 cm (2‑1/8 in), Mouth Diameter 11.3 cm (4‑7/16 in); Song DynastyCondition & Provenance：Okay, so this is an all‑original Jizhou tea bowl from the Song period. No big body cracks, no glued breaks, no major restored patches whatsoever. The base glaze is deep glossy black, and you’ve got these awesome free‑form brushed‑on splash decorations running both inside the bowl and all over the outside wall. Those streaky cream‑beige and burnt‑amber bands just flow across the dark background, every swirl is totally one‑of‑a‑kind, you can’t replicate that exact pattern.The rim shows soft, honest wear from hundreds of years of actual use back in the old days. Just tiny, minor nicks scattered here and there. There’s zero modern grinding on the lip, no touch‑up paint, no fake glaze added later. The short foot ring exposes the typical light‑toned coarse Jizhou‑kiln pottery clay. You can clearly see hand‑thrown spiral tool marks right on the bottom. Old earthy burial patina and fine mineral grit sit down inside the foot recess and within tiny glaze fissures. Where the glaze stops above the foot, you see natural uneven shrinkage and little drip marks that happened right in the ancient kiln. There is absolutely no sign of man‑made chemical aging trickery.This super graphic Jizhou splashed‑glaze bowl came out of a well‑known private collection focused on early Chinese folk ceramics out of Houston, Texas. The previous owner picked this piece up from a respected Hong‑Kong antique dealer back in the mid‑1990s. It’s stayed within one single‑family estate ever since, passed down over decades. This is the very first time it’s ever being offered to the public at auction.Description：This is a wheel‑thrown tea bowl, classic work from Jizhou kiln, representing that bold, expressive folk ceramic style we see from Song‑dynasty southern China. It has that nicely balanced deep‑bowl shape, gently flaring rim and small solid foot‑perfect for the Song‑style whipped‑tea drinking ritual.the potters used a special slip‑splashing technique here. They brushed and dripped lighter‑colored slip right onto the black‑glazed surface before firing. Once fired at high heat, those slips melted and blurred into wild, abstract ribbon‑like streaks in cream, silvery‑beige and warm rust‑orange. These organic swirling patterns cover interior and exterior alike; every stroke is spontaneous, no two bowls will ever look the same.the glaze pulls back short of the foot ring, revealing Jizhou kiln’s characteristic coarse pottery body. Those concentric spiral marks left by the potter’s wheel are still crisp on the base, real direct evidence of how this bowl was hand‑made.Jizhou splashed‑glaze wares are really collectible. They show off that fun experimental spirit of southern folk kilns during the Song. This well‑preserved survivor gives us great real‑world insight into ancient glaze technology, Song tea culture and the free‑spirited artistic taste of ordinary craftsmen back then.

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