The deep U-shaped bowl decorated in dark brown on a white slip under a clear glaze with a band of feathery leaves between single line borders, the glaze and slip falling short of the foot ring to expose the pale gray stoneware body, burnt buff color in the firing, the interior also covered in slip and glazed, the domed cover with flat top similarly decorated. With a Japanese wood box. 金/元 磁州窯白地黑花蓋盌Dimensions: 11.5cm diameterProvenance: Bowl: Collection of Nakano Residence – Museum of Art Foundation, Fukushima, Japan. A private collection, Melbourne, Australia, the bowl is acquired from Gallery Izumi, Tokyo, Japan. 盌：日本福島縣中野邸美術館館長，中野重忠氏舊藏，1990年代購藏。 日本东京铃木泉古美术。 墨爾本私人收藏。