A 'Jun' dish, Song dynasty. Estimate 5,000 — 8,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly recessed base to a lipped rim, covered overall in a thick lavender-blue glaze thinning at the rim to a mushroom color, supported on an unglazed neatly pared foot ring. Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm

Provenance: Private San Francisco Collection.
G.T. Marsh & Co., Monterey, California, acquired in the 1970s.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 sept. 2015