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A JUNYAO DISH
12th century
Elegantly potted with shallow sides supported on a carefully cut foot
ring, applied overall with a lustrous lavender-blue glaze thinning to a
mushroom tone at the extremities, wood box.
17.6cm (7in) diam. (3).

HK$150,000 - 200,000
US$19,000 - 26,000

十二世紀 鈞窯天藍釉盤
Jun ware, classified as one of the 'Five Classic Wares' of the Song
dynasty, was produced primarily at a number of kilns in Henan province.
The lavender-blue glaze on the present lot is subtly striking, exhibiting a
sophistication and an elegant, restrained nature.
This lot can be compared to a group of twenty Junyao shallow dishes of
similar size and shape excavated at Fangcheng county, Henan province
in 1976, see Liu Yusheng and Ma Yanpeng, 'Henan sheng Fangcheng
xian chutu yipi Songdai ciqi' in Wenwu, 1983, pp.92-94, no.3. Compare
also a similar Junyao shallow dish dated to the Northern Song dynasty
from the Robert Lehman Collection, now at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York (accession no. 1975.1.1650).
鈞窯為宋代五大名窯之一，以其獨特的窯變釉色著稱，其窯址位於今河
南省禹州市。本拍品造型端莊古樸，釉色瑩潤典雅，營造出湖光山色的
奇妙韻味，是不可多得的珍品。
此盤可與1976年於河南省方城縣出土一批宋代鈞窯瓷器作比較，這批
瓷器包括十件天青釉盤和十件豆青釉盤，其造型和尺寸與本器相近，見
劉玉生和馬儼鵬，《河南省方城縣出土一批宋代瓷器》一文，著於《文
物》，1983年，三期92-94頁。美國大都會藝術博物館亦藏一件Robert
Lehman舊藏的北宋鈞窯盤可資對比，博物館編號1975.1.1650。

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