Lot 816. A purple-splashed Junyao bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The heavily-potted bowl has deep, rounded sides and is covered on the interior with a glaze of creamy lavender-blue color splashed with two tapering purple streaks. The exterior is covered with a vibrant purple color shading to blue just before the mushroom-toned mouth rim. 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Mrs. Samuel T. Peters (1859-1943) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1926.

Christie's. Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza