Lot 84. A large Junyao bowl, Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty; 20.5cm diam. Estimate HK$ 200,000 - 300,000 (€19,000 - 28,000). Unsold.. Photo Bonhams.

Sturdily potted with rounded sides rising steeply from a short slightly-spreading unglazed foot, covered overall in an unctuous lavender-blue glaze, thinning to a greyish hue on the rim. 

A slightly larger Junyao bowl with similar pale blue glaze is in the Meiyintang Collection, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.III, London, 2006, p.460, no.1461. Several related bowls of slightly larger size have been sold through auction, including one sold at Christie's New York, 26 March 2010, lot 1333; another at Christie's New York, 25 March 2011, lot 1323; and another at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3501.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014 14:00 HKT - http://www.bonhams.com/