'Jun'

A fine and rare 'Jun' Purple-Splashed dish.  Song Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's sturdily potted with low sides and lipped everted rim, applied overall with a pale lavender-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom colour at the rim, the interior liberally splashed with striking purple transmuting in some places to copper-green, the base with three spur marks; 20.3cm., 8in. Estimate 250,000-350,000 GBP. Unsold NOTE: The present 'Jun' dish is remarkable for its rich and attractively distributed splashes of deep reddish-purple on... [Lire la suite]

A rare Imperial numbered purple-glazed 'Jun' Jardiniere. Yuan-Early Ming Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's sturdily potted, the body of compressed globular form, rising from a broad generously splayed foot, covered overall with a rich and lustrous deep purple glaze on the exterior, thinning to a grayish tone around the foot, the interior applied with a milky-blue glaze, the base pierced with five evenly spaced circular apertures, and incised with the numeral er below a brown slip, the neck reduced; Height 6 3/8 in., 16.2 cm; Diameter 10 1/4... [Lire la suite]

A Purple-Splashed 'Jun' bubble bowl. Song Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's with rounded sides slightly incurved at the rim, resting on a slightly tapered and neatly knife-pared foot, covered overall with an even, light blue glaze draining to a buff color at the rim, splashed with small purple streaks, the glaze coagulating just above the foot burnt russet-brown in the firing; Diameter 3 3/8 in., 8.6 cm. Estimate 80,000-120,000 USD PROVENANCE: Collection of Millicent Rogers (1902 - 1953). Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of... [Lire la suite]

A 'Jun' bowl . Song - Jin dynasty. Photo Sotheby's the wide flaring sides rising to a slightly inverted rim, supported on a short unglazed foot, covered with a milky gray-blue glaze thinning to a paler tan color on the rim; Diameter 8 3/8 in., 21.3 cm. Estimate 20,000-30,000 USD PROVENANCE: Collection of Millicent Rogers (1902 - 1953). Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York. 14 september 2011 www.sothebys.com

A 'Jun' bowl . Song - Jin dynasty. Photo Sotheby's he gently rounded sides rising to a slightly inverted rim, generously applied overall with a rich soft blue glaze falling to an uneven line above the unglazed foot and thinning to a mushroom tone around the rim; Diameter 8 1/2 in., 21.6 cm.. Estimate 20,000-30,000 USD PROVENANCE: Collection of Millicent Rogers (1902 - 1953). Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York. 14 september 2011 www.sothebys.com