Song dynasty (960-1279)The conical sides rising from a short foot, covered with a black glaze suffused with irregular blue and russet dots, the glaze stopping short in an even line above the foot revealing the sand coloured buff.Diam. 10.5 cmProvenance:- Collection Michel Paciello, Venice (1999)- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, AmsterdamCompare:- R. Kerr, Song Ceramics, V&A Museum, London 2004, no. 109, p. 108 - [exhib.cat.] The Multiplicity of Simplicity, University Museum & Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2012, no. 103, p. 255- [exhib.cat.] Song Ceramics, Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo 1999, no. 81, p. 119Note:The only other known, yet slightly earlier example is in the Roy Hu collection in Taipei.