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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC
COLLECTION
A SMALL ‘JUN’ DISH
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

covered overall with a thick glossy pale sky-
blue glaze transmuting to a mushroom tone
at the rim, save for the narrow brown-dressed
footring, the slightly recessed base with
three irregular spur marks revealing the gray
stoneware body
Diameter 4¾ in., 12.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

$ 6,000-8,000
⊿⬳ġġġ懆䩘⣑啵慱⮷䚌
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⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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A PURPLE-SPLASHED ‘JUN’ DISH
216 NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY
with shallow rounded sides covered overall with
a rich lavender-blue glaze accentuated with
bold purple splashes, thinning at the rim to a
mushroom tone and stopping unevenly around
the unglazed neatly pared footring
Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.8 cm
$ 15,000-25,000
⊿⬳ġİġ慹ġġġ懆䩘⣑啵慱䳓㔹䚌

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