A Junyao deep bowl, Song-Jin Dynasty, 12th-13th century. Estimate $12,000 – $18,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The bowl has deep, rounded sides that rise from the small, slightly flared foot and is covered overall with a glaze of pale blue color that thins to mushroom at the rim and ends in a line on the foot. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam.

Provenance: George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939) Collection, London.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot 15.

Literature: R. L. Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, vol. II, London, 1926, pl. 21, no. B 73. 

Notes: The deep, rounded shape and small foot of this bowl are similar to those of a Junyao bowl of similar color illustrated inSong Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 22 July - 11 September 1994, no. 38. Another bowl, also covered with a pale milky blue glaze is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, p. 233, no. 386. See, also, the bowl of slightly smaller size (5 ½ in. diam.) sold at Christie's New York, 18 September 2014, lot 735.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza