Glazed ceramic. China, Song Dynasty approx. 13th cent.
So-called Temmoku ceramic, a Japan. concept from the Tianmushan Mountains, since this ceramic produced by the monks was especially in demand. Typical coffee-brown glaze, outside more black-brown with craquelé and black-brown ornamental patterns, alternately presenting phoenix and blossoms. The appearance is very mystical.
HEIGHT 4,6 CM, DM 12,4 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
Jürgen L. Fischer was one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber ” in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.