This lot is of a conical shape, reminiscence of amboo hat (douli), with brown glaze as the basic color. Because of the wide, outward- curving mouth of the douli-shaped 'oil spot' glazed bowl, when the ware is illuminated the interior looks like a flickering starry sky. This observation makes a new type of 'oil spot' glazed bowl—the 'yaobian' glazed 'temmoku'. Song people's standard for ceramics reached a peak, so the 'oil spot' glazed 'temmoku' ware (temmoku is a Japanese word adapted from Chinese, originally used by Song people for high quality Jian ware), with its stunning spot patterns coming from spontaneous transformation, came about. It is covered overall with a lustrous glaze, thinning at the rim with some short subtle russet streaks extending downwards, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the iron-black body.
This lot is of a conical shape, reminiscence of amboo hat (douli), with brown glaze as the basic color. Because of the wide, outward- curving mouth of the douli-shaped 'oil spot' glazed bowl, when the ware is illuminated the interior looks like a flickering starry sky. This observation makes a new type of 'oil spot' glazed bowl—the 'yaobian' glazed 'temmoku'. Song people's standard for ceramics reached a peak, so the 'oil spot' glazed 'temmoku' ware (temmoku is a Japanese word adapted from Chinese, originally used by Song people for high quality Jian ware), with its stunning spot patterns coming from spontaneous transformation, came about. It is covered overall with a lustrous glaze, thinning at the rim with some short subtle russet streaks extending downwards, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the iron-black body.