Lot 718. A purple-splashed 'Junyao' bowl, Song Dynasty; 10.5 cm., 4 1/8 in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 HKD. Lot sold 50,000 HKD (6,449 USD). Photo: Sotheby's.

with slightly incurved sides rising at an angle from a neatly finished foot of wedge-shaped section, applied with a deep finely bubbled milky-blue glaze transmuting to a mushroom colour towards the rim and vividly splashed with purple to the exterior and interior wall on one side, the glaze stopping in an uneven line above the foot and on the interior to reveal the orange-brown body.

Sotheby's. Playthings From The Collection of Edward T. Chow Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Collections Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor - Asian Lacquer. Hong Kong, 27 may 2014