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PROPERTY FROM THE RUI XIU LOU COLLECTION 北宋 鈞窰天藍釉盌
A FINE AND RARE ‘JUN’ TEA BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY 來源
Johannes Hellner收藏，斯德哥尔摩
the short spreading foot supporting gently rounded conical
sides rising to a flared rim, evenly applied on the interior and 紐約蘇富比2002年3月20日，編號106
exterior with a fine milky sky-blue glaze suffused with pale Francisco Capelo收藏
crackles and draining to a mushroom tone at the rim, the 倫敦蘇富比2010年5月12日，編號149
glaze pooling unevenly above the unglazed foot 出版
11.4 cm, 4½ in.
Francisco Capelo等，《Forms of Pleasure. Chinese
PROVENANCE Ceramics from Burial to Daily Life》，倫敦，2009年，
Collection of Johannes Hellner, Stockholm. 圖版55
Sotheby’s New York, 20th March 2002, lot 106. Notable for its subtle light blue glaze, one of the most cov-
Collection of Francisco Capelo. eted glazes made at kilns in Junzhou, present-day Yuzhou,
Sotheby’s London, 12th May 2010, lot 149. Henan province, this bowl is unusual for its elegant flared
form with a gently lipped rim. A bowl of similar shape and
LITERATURE
glaze is illustrated in Michael Sullivan, Chinese Ceramics,
Francisco Capelo et. al., Forms of Pleasure. Chinese Bronzes and Jades in the Collection of Sir Alan and Lady
Ceramics from Burial to Daily Life, London, 2009, pl. 55. Barlow, London, 1963, pl. 35c; one was sold in these rooms,
9th June 2004, lot 174; another from the collection of Lord
‡ £ 60,000-80,000 Cunliffe, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition
HK$ 620,000-825,000 US$ 79,000-105,000
Sung Dynasty Wares: Chün and Brown Glazes, London, 1952,
cat. no. 76, was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st October
1991, lot 717.

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