A 'Jun' Bowl, Song Dynasty - Photo Sotheby's

the rounded sides rising from a short foot to a lipped rim, applied overall with a pale lavender-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone around the rim, the footring unglazed revealing the dark body underneath; 12cm., 4 3/4 in. Estimation: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: Collection of Lord Cunliffe.
Bluett & Sons, London.
Christie's Hong Kong, 1st October 1991, lot 717

EXHIBITED: Ju and Kuan Wares Imperial Wares of the Sung Dynasty, Related Wares and Derivatives of Later Date, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1952, cat. no. 76.
From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 21.

Sotheby's. Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson. London | 07 nov. 2012 www.sothebys.com