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A SMALL ‘JUN’-TYPE PURPLE-
SPLASHED DISH
JIN / YUAN DYNASTY
the shallow sides rising from a short foot to an
upright rim, covered overall with a sky-blue glaze
punctuated with pale purple splashes to the
interior, the glaze thinning at the rim and falling
short of the foot to reveal the yellowish-white
stoneware body
Diameter 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm
$ 12,000-15,000
610
A SMALL ‘JUN’ CUPSTAND
JIN / YUAN DYNASTY
potted in the form of a small cup resting in
the center of a circular dish, all supported on
a splayed hollow foot, covered overall with a
lustrous sky-blue glaze, thinning at the rim and
stopping irregularly at the foot to reveal the bu -
colored stoneware body
Width 3⅛ in., 8 cm
Jun cupstands are relatively rare, although a
few published examples are known. See one in
the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong
609 Kong, 1996, pl. 223; and another, together with a
cup, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics
from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3, pt. II,
London, 2006, pl. 1458; and a third, from the
Yangdetang collection, sold in these rooms, 17th
March 2015, lot 87.
$ 10,000-15,000
610
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