Persimmon Bowl with Tall Foot
Song Dynasty 960-1270, China
Diameter: 10.2 cm
A small high-walled conical stoneware bowl with a tall, slightly splayed foot. The interior and exterior are covered with a finely realized persimmon (russet) colored glaze down to its foot rim. There are a couple of small unglazed areas near the foot, and the foot rim and underfoot which are unglazed, revealing a pale stoneware body, stained with burial earth, to a pale russet tint.
The underfoot has remnants of two old collection stickers, now unintelligible, and a third sticker (number 3950) from JJ Lally and Co. (Probably from the late 1980’s - early 1990’s)
While this piece is certainly from Northern China, it can be potentially attributed to the Dangyangyu kilns, pending further study.
Provenance:
John R. Menke Collection and by decent to his family.