An unusual Cizhou-type 'silver' decorated black-glazed bowl , Southern Song or Jin Dynasty, 12-13th century, the bowl has deep conical sides and covered with a blackish-brown glaze decorated in 'silver' on the interior with a floral scroll design, with russet-edged rim, the exterior base glazed in an irregular line to reveal the granular buff ware body, 11cm diameter Compare with a silver-inscribed bowl dated 1165, sold Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th May 2022, lot 328 南宋至金 黑釉描银盏 Condition Report: rim chips and rim cracks wear to silver foliage