Lot 2105. A purple-splashed Junyao bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); 7¼ in. (18.4 cm.). Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price Realized USD 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014. 

The bowl is of deep, rounded, conical form and is covered inside and out with a thick, crackled blue glaze with faint purple-toned streaking, thinning to a mottled brown on the rim and where it ends above the unglazed foot on the exterior. A purple splash accentuates the interior.

Provenance: C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris, 1947.
Christie's New York, 23 June 1983, lot 91.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 20 - 21 March 2014