CIZHOU-TYPE 'HARE'S FUR' JAR, SONG DYNASTY

CIZHOU-TYPE 'HARE'S FUR' JAR, SONG DYNASTY, the floriform rim and baluster sides covered in a lustrous blackish-brown glaze finely streaked with russet 'hare's fur', pooling around the exposed foot to reveal the brown body, 15.5cm diam. The dating of this piece is consisitent with Oxford Authentication report P106a91. Note: For similar examples of the same shape, see Liu, 'Dated Ceramics of the Song, Liao and Jin Periods', No. 3-39, Pg. 43; and Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, No.60, pp. 173-4.