Lot 544. A fine and rare small purple-splashed 'Jun' censer, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); diameter 4 1/8 in., 10.5 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 158,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the globular body with a short wide neck and flat everted rim supported on three short cabriole legs centered around a slightly countersunk circular base, applied with a fine pale blue glaze liberally splashed with three copper-red blushes transmuting from misty purple to intense pinkish red tone.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 19th September 2002, lot 79.

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