Lot 120. A purple-splashed Jun jar, Jin-Yuan Dynasty (1115-1368); 4 1⁄2 in. (12 cm.) across handles. Estimate USD 600 - USD 800. Price Realised USD 2,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020

The jar with a globular body has two small loop handles on the mouth, and is covered with a glaze of pale milky-blue color splashed with purple which falls irregularly above the foot.

Property from the Collection of Peter Tcherepnine.

Provenance: Samuel T. Peters (1854-1921) Collection, no. 184.
Louisine Peters Weekes Tcherepnine (1886-1952).
Adaline Hathaway Weekes Scully (1915-1984) and thence by descent.

Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection, 18 Nov - 9 Dec 2020