Antique Chinese Jian ware tea bowl with deep rounded sides rising to form a convex dish. Disc-shaped foot base that is raised slightly from the bottom curvature. Covered overall in a brown-black glaze with silver-creme oil streaks mixed throughout. The glaze terminates before the disk -shaped base, leaving raw clay. Mesmerizing sheen with a homogeneous mixture of brown-black glaze. The underbase glaze stopped before the foot base, displayed the olive-brown ground with burnt and darker spots in the firing. A thick glaze joining the body clay appeared near the base, traceable olive-brown silvery sparkling dust, glaze age crackles visually seen, and dull thump sound when tapped.

Dimensions: Height: 1 7/8" Diameter: 4 7/8"

PROVENANCE:
Braintree, Massachussets private collector.

Overall in EXCELLENT condition.

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