Lot 221. A large purple-splashed ‘Jun’ bowl, Song dynasty; 18cm., 7 1/8 in. Estimate 7,000 — 9,000 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. © Sotheby's 2013.

the deep rounded sides rising from a spreading foot to a slightly incurved rim, covered overall in a pale lavender-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim, the exterior with an attractive violet-purple splash just below the rim, the unglazed footring revealing the brown body

Provenance: Liliehok Family Collection, Sweden, acquired in Shanghai. 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 06 Nov 2013