TWO CIZHOU AND LONGQUAN POTTERY BOWLS, SONG TO MING

TWO CIZHOU AND LONGQUAN POTTERY BOWLS, SONG TO MING China, 960-1279 (the Cizhou bowl) and 1279-1644 (the Longquan bowl). The Cizhou bowl potted from buff fabric with a wide shallow well and short ring foot, covered with a white slip ground striped with iron-brown bands and inscribed with a Shou character, the glaze stopping irregularly above the foot. The Longquan celadon-glazed bowl with rounded sides rising from a ring foot, covered in a bluish sea-green glaze stopping irregularly at the foot. (2) Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, a chip and associated cracks with old repair to the rim of the Longquan bowl. Provenance: German private collection, acquired from a private South German estate in 2012. Weight: 571.7 g Dimensions: Diameter 15 cm (the Cizhou bowl) and 14.2 cm (the Longquan bowl)