A copper-red-splashed Jun bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Estimated Price: £600 - £800. Photo courtesy Dreweatts & Bloomsbury.

 

the heavily-potted bowl with deep, rounded sides, covered inside and out with a creamy, lavender- blue coloured glaze draining to mushroom towards the rim, splashed, on the interior, with a tapering copper-red streak shading from deep wine to deep blue, on the exterior, falling in heavy drops on the unglazed foot, the base with a black ink, partially readable, inscription, 20.5cm diameter, 9cm high 元 钧窰仿天蓝釉紫斑碗