A purple-splashed Junyao bowl. Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century. Estimate €1.200 - €1.500. Photo courtesy Lempertz 1845

A purple-splashed Junyao bowl of rounded form, covered with a glaze of milky turquoise glaze colour thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim and with splashes of reddish purple and iron-rust. Diameter 11.4 cm

Provenance: Wolfgang Nolting, Rheinland-Pfalz (acquired from Stockspring Antiques, London, 20.8.1991)

Lempertz 1845. Asian Art, 06.03.2015, 10:00, Cologne