Lot 639. A purple-splashed 'Jun' dish, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

with a shallow gently curved cavetto rising from a short tapered foot to a flat everted rim, covered overall in a thick sky-blue glaze with a single dark-blue and purple splash to the interior, the glaze thinning to a translucent mushroom-brown at the edges, Japanese wood box (2). Diameter 5 3/4  in., 13.8 cm

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 14 Mar 2017, 10:30 AM