A jian bowl, southern Song dynasty (1127-1279).
The bowl is covered overall with a lustrous blackish-brown glaze finely streaked with russet ‘hare’s fur’ pooling in an irregular line above the foot exposing the brown body. Diameter 11.5 cm.
Wear.
Provenance
Today property of a private Finnish collection.
Previously belonged to the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection was a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art.