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A PURPLE-SPLASHED ‘JUN’ DISH
JIN DYNASTY
with a shallow gently curved cavetto rising from a
short tapered foot to a at everted rim, covered
overall in a thick sky-blue glaze with a single dark-
blue and purple splash to the interior, the glaze
thinning to a translucent mushroom-brown at the
edges, Japanese wood box (2)
Diameter 5¾ in., 13.8 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A GREEN ‘JUN’ SAUCER DISH
SONG / JIN DISH
the shallow rounded sides rising from a short
straight foot to an upright rim, the foot encircled
by incised concentric lines, covered overall with
an olive-green glaze pooling unevenly on the
underside, the unglazed foot burnt orange in the
ring
Diameter 5¾ in., 13.4 cm
$ 4,000-6,000
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A PURPLE-SPLASHED ‘JUN’ JAR
JIN / YUAN DYNASTY
the globular body supported on a short splayed
foot, the short wide neck anked by two loop
handles, splashed on both sides with a rich purple
on the pale blue glaze draining from the rim to
reveal the russet body beneath and stopping
irregularly above the foot to reveal the pale bu
body
Width 6⅝ in., 16.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 26th April 1999, lot 653.
$ 8,000-12,000
䷳ 641
1999 4 26 653
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