Southern Song Dynasty|Of conical shape with steep sloping sides, the interior applied with three resist-decorated quatrefoil cartouches, each enclosing four auspicious characters reserved on a speckled russet ground, the exterior covered with a dark-brown glaze with beige splashes, fitted box. 11.5cm (4 1/2in) diam. (2).|南宋 吉州窯仿玳瑁釉剪紙貼花文字盞Provenance: the Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in Hong Kong circa 1980s-1990s來源： 思源堂收藏，於約1980至1990年代購自香港The quatrefoil cartouches are enclosed with auspicious characters reading Jinyu Mantang 金玉滿堂, which may be translated as 'may gold and jade fill your household'; Changming Fugui 長命富貴, 'longevity and wealth'; and Fushou Kangrong 福壽康榮, or 'wealth, longevity, health and peace'.Compare a similar Jizhou paper-cut bowl, Southern Song dynasty, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, similarly decorated with three quatrefoil cartouches enclosing auspicious characters, illustrated by R.Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p.109, pl.110. For another similar Jizhou paper-cut bowl, from the Kwong Yee Che Tong collection, see The Multiplicity of Simplicity: Monochrome wares from the Song to the Yuan Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2012, pp.264-265, no.108.A similar Jizhou paper-cut bowl, Southern Song dynasty, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 13-14 September 2016, lot 121.