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11 Within the realms of connoisseurship of Junyao pieces, much
A fine and rare Junyao red-glazed jar emphasis is unsurprisingly placed on the quality of the thick,
14th/15th century opalescent glaze. The most important characteristic of Jun glaze
Raised on a slightly tapering foot, the bulbous body curving to the is the phenomenon known as ‘liquid phase separation’ which is
slightly lipped rim flanked by two loop handles, the exterior and the formulation of tiny globules of lime-rich glass within the silica-
mouth covered with a thick purplish red glaze with a fine craquelure rich glaze matrix, giving the attractive light-reflecting blue effect.
and patches of sky blue on one side. To produce this effect, the glaze had to be kept at a very high
17cm (6 5/8in) diam. temperature for a significant period before being cooled slowly.
£40,000 - 60,000 Jun ware production understandably required great skill and control
HK$500,000 - 750,000 CNY390,000 - 590,000 of the glaze and the firing conditions. Cooling for too long, for
example, encouraged the growth of wollastonite crystals, a few of
十四/十五世紀 鈞窯紅釉雙耳罐 which could increase the textural appeal of the glaze, but too many
Provenance: Mr and Mrs Alfred Clark, no.AIC 716 would reduce the translucency. Such delicate balances perhaps
Sotheby’s London, 25 March 1975, lot 95 encouraged a degree of experimentation as the effects of minute
Sotheby’s London, 11 December 1979, lot 227 changes were observed and understood, leading to the development
Exhibited: Exhibition of Chinese Art for Chinese Medical Relief, of new styles of Jun decoration. Most notably from the end of the
London, 1938 11th century, red or purple splashes were added to the blue glaze by
Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, Chün applying copper oxide to the surface of the unfired glaze.
and Brown Glazes, 1952, Catalogue no. 151 The present lot is highly unusual in its almost entirely red surface.
來源：Alfred Clark夫婦舊藏，編號AIC 716(舊標籤) Compare a similarly-shaped jar but with a mostly blue glaze, dated
倫敦蘇富比，1975年3月25日，拍品編號95 to the Yuan dynasty, illustrated in A Panorama of Ceramics in the
倫敦蘇富比，1979年12月11日，拍品編號227 Collection of the National Palace Museum: Chün Ware, Taipei, 1999,
展出：《Exhibition of Chinese Art for Chinese Medical Relief》，倫 no.104.
敦，1938年
《Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition of Sung Dynasty Wares, Chün
and Brown Glazes》，1952年，見《Catalogue》，編號151
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