A Small 'Jun' 'Lotus Bud' Waterpot, Yuan Dynasty - Photo Sotheby's

the lobed globular body tapering towards the rim in the form of a lotus bud, covered overall with a pale violet glaze streaked with lavender-blue, thinning to a pale olive-green tone near the mouth; 5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. Estimation: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: Collection of T.Y. Chao.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th May 1987, lot 212.

EXHIBITED: 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. 17

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