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A PURPLE-SPLASHED ‘JUN’ DISH
JIN / YUAN DYNASTY
the shallow rounded sides gently rising to an everted rim,
covered in a glossy unctuous sky-blue glaze thinning to 197
beige at the rim and splashed irregularly with vivid accents of A ‘JUN’ PURPLE-SPLASHED JAR
purple-red, the underside similarly glazed, the recessed base lot 164, the second time in our Hong Kong rooms from the
studded with five spur marks and surrounded by a short YUAN / MING DYNASTY collection of Dr. Ip Yee, 19th November 1984, lot 155, and
glazed circular foot sturdily potted, the compressed baluster body rising from a again in the same rooms, from the collection of T.Y. Chao,
19th May 1987, lot 214. Another with a narrower straight
Diameter 7⅜ in., 18.5 cm narrow base to voluminous swelling shoulders, surmounted mouth is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
by a short tapering neck and rolled rim, covered with a
PROVENANCE New York (acc. no. 26.292.42).
lavender-purple glaze suffused with vivid streaks of crimson
Acquired prior to 2000. and purple-red, the rim and interior glazed a pale sky-blue For slightly earlier examples, compare a Jin-Yuan period
A similar dish sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 5th April 2015, thinning to beige at the edges, the recessed base unglazed, jar shown in op. cit., pl. 42, and another attributed to the
Jin dynasty sold in these rooms, 18th March 2008, lot 81. A
lot 140. Another, attributed to the early Yuan dynasty, was revealing the brown clay body
sold at Christie’s New York, 13th September 2012, lot 1402. Diameter 8½ in., 21.6 cm Northern Song prototype can be found in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, London (acc. no. C.936-1935). Compare also
For a Northern Song example, see one in the collection of a Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century Cizhou-type Jun-style jar of
the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete PROVENANCE similar profile formerly in the Manno Art Museum, Osaka, sold
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of Acquired prior to 2000.
the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 226. Striking shades of copper-red, purple, and sky-blue coalesce at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th October 2002, lot 524.
beautifully on this jar, enveloping it in a brilliant haze of $ 40,000-60,000
$ 10,000-15,000
color. A comparable example, albeit less vibrantly glazed,
is illustrated in Junyao Yaji: Gugong Bowuyuan Zhancang ji 元 / 明 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑罐
金 / 元 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑折沿盤 Chutu Junyao Ciqi Huicui / Selection of Jun Ware: The Palace
Museum’s Collection and Archaeological Excavation, Beijing, 來源：
來源： 2013, pl. 58. A similar jar attributed to the Yuan dynasty was 得於2000年之前
195 得於2000年之前 sold thrice: first, in our London rooms, 27th November 1973,

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A RARE ‘JUN’ BOX AND COVER
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY
of circular section, the box with a short foot supporting a
conical lower body turning upward to form straight sides,
the cover modeled in mirror form and accented with a
raised fillet encircling the midpoint of the sloping surface,
and another around the summit, the center of the cover
with a circular aperture, the exteriors covered in a thick
sky-blue glaze transmuting to a mushroom color along the
rim and edges, the interiors similarly decorated, the footring
unglazed (2)
Diameter 6¾ in., 17.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired prior to 2000.
$ 12,000-15,000

北宋 / 金 鈞窰天藍釉蓋盒
來源：
得於2000年之前

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