Lot 1145. A large Jun bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 20,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2017.

The bowl is of deep, rounded conical form, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of pale milky blue color thinning to mushroom on the rim and falling in an irregular line onto the foot.

Provenance: Gisele Cröes, Brussels, 26 March 1999.
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York. 

Note: A bowl of similar shape and size is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. III, London, 2006, p. 460, no. 1461.

Christie’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 - 15 September 2017, New York