Lot 224. A purple-splashed 'Junyao' ewer, Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Height 3 3/8 in., 8.5 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

of bud form, the globular body rising from a short foot and flanked on one side with a short spout opposite a C-shaped handle, covered overall in a lavender-blue glaze suffused with dark purple splashes to one side, the glaze falling short of the foot to reveal the dark brown body. 

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM