Weekly Antique Chinese & Asian Art Auction News, Mar. 10, 2023 

I don't understand why big auctions don't put pictures up like eBa does..

Hi Jeremy I tend to agree with you on this. Very clearly not a product of the Jizhou Kilns. Only a few regions made this type, cizhou kilns, hebei and the henan kilns. If you look at the brown spots, in the centre of the spots there is a darker brown area. This is achieved with a higher iron content. This is a characteristic of cizhou kilns and not henan kilns. So now we have identified it as suppose to be Cizhou, the base can tell us if it is a reproduction. Quite clearly, the base on this vessel does not align with Cizhou ware products and therefore by a process of elimination it is of my opinion this is not of the period, possibly it is re-fired or new. Other factors including proportions are also not correct, especially looking at the shape of the lid.

​@@AJS-JapanI have seen a covered bowl that was excavated at the Dangyangyu kilns site and which has the same type of footring and domed cover. Although I am not suggesting that the one being sold was made in the Dangyangyu kilns during the Jin period, the excavated example does indicate that these features were used on Jin period black glazed Cizhou-type covered bowls.

@@jeremy3417 yes Dangyangyu kilns, Henan province certainly made this type. Although in my opinion the clay, footring and the proportions of this bowl and cover is not in line with the characteristics of the Dangyangyu kiln.