Lot 507. A rare green 'Jun' dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); diameter 4 1/2 in., 11.5 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 50,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of shallow circular form, the flat body gently rising upwards to an upturned rim, the even olive-green glaze thinning at the rim and stopping neatly just above the knife-pared foot .

Provenance: The Estate of Guy Mayer, 1954.
Collection of Myron S. Falk Jr., New York.
Christie's New York, 20th September 2001, lot 70.

Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 march 2011