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A ‘JUN’ LAVENDER-BLUE-GLAZED DISH, exhibition Recent Acquisitions, Marchant, London, 2002,
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY pl. 2; and a third from the collection of Edward T. Chow,
published in Basil Gray, Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,
Diameter 7⅜ in., 18.8 cm
London, 1952, pl. 84, sold in our London rooms, 16th
PROVENANCE December 1980, lot 272.
English Private Collection. ‘Jun’ dishes with purple splash are also well known. See
John Sparks Ltd., London, 20th November 1989. three examples, one in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated
Marchant, London. in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I). Hong Kong,
EXHIBITED
vol. 32, 1996, pl. 226; another from the Baur Collection,
Chinese Ceramics Tang to Song, Marchant, London, 2022, illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection: Chinese
cat. no. 36. Ceramics, vol. 1, Geneva, 1968, pl. A33; and a third from
the Klas Fahraeus Collection, exhibited in Junyao, Eskenazi,
The shallow and sturdy form of this dish, with a wide everted London, 2013, cat. no. 10.
rim, represents a classic shape of Jun ware produced at kilns
in Henan province. One of the ‘Five Classic Wares’ of the ⊖ $ 20,000-30,000
Song dynasty, these wares are known for their ravishing blue
glazes, which were not achieved from pigment but from an 北宋 鈞窰天藍釉盤
optical illusion where minute spherules of glass in the glaze
scattered blue light. Unlike the other classic wares of the
Song dynasty, the porous and thick body of Jun ware was 來源：
best suited for simple forms, such as this charming dish. 英國私人收藏
John Sparks Ltd.，倫敦，1989年11月20日
Compare a closely related dish in the Idemitsu Museum of
Art, Tokyo, included in Song Ceramics, Utensils of Sublime 馬錢特，倫敦
Beauty, Tokyo, 2018, pl. 58; another from the collection
of Sir Joseph E. Hotung, exhibited in the Oriental Ceramic 展覽：
Society exhibition Sung dynasty wares: Chün and brown 《中國陶瓷：由唐至宋》，馬錢特，倫敦，2022
glazes, London, 1952, cat. no. 75, later included in the 年，編號36

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. MAURICE 北宋 鈞窰天藍釉盤
BERGER
A ‘JUN’ BLUE-GLAZED DISH, NORTHERN SONG
DYNASTY 來源：
Abhaya Asian Antiques，香港，2005年
Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Abhaya Asian Antiques, Hong Kong, 2005
$ 4,000-6,000

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