Lot 245. A ‘Jun’ dish, Song dynasty (960-1279); 18cm., 7 1/8 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000. Lot sold 25,000 GBP. Photo: Sothebys.

thickly potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to a wide everted rim, covered overall in an even lavender-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone around the rim and stopping just above the footring revealing the brown body, Japanese wood box. Quantity: 2.

Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 4th December 1984, lot 250.

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