Lot 501. A fine purple-splashed 'Jun' lavender-glazed bowl, Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); diameter 5 1/8 in., 13 cm. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD. Lot sold 37,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the wide rounded sides rising from a short splayed foot to a flared rim, covered overall in a lavender-blue glaze thinning to a buff tone at the rim and splashed to the interior with four purple streaks, the glaze falling short of the foot and revealing the reddish-brown.

Provenance: Toguri Collection, Tokyo.
Sotheby's London, 9th June 2004, lot 59.

Sotheby's. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 march 2011