Lot 222. A 'Jun' bowl, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Diameter 5 7/8 in., 14.9 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot sold 62,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

thickly potted with gently rounded sides rising to a slightly incurved rim, applied overall with a rich lavender-blue glaze, thinning at the rims to a mushroom color, stopping unevenly around the foot revealing the pale orange body. 

Provenance: Private Hong Kong collection, by repute.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM