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979
A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BOWL
11th/12th century
The gently rounded sides, applied overall with
a bubble-suffused pale blue glaze thinning
to a buff color at the slightly incurved rim,
the surfaces enhanced with mottled purple
splashes, the thick glaze stopping short of the
neatly finished unglazed orange-burnt foot ring.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) diameter

$5,000 - 7,000

979

980
A LONGQUAN CELADON GLAZED
OCTAGONAL CHARGER
Ming dynasty
The everted walls carved with flower sprays
framed by combed lines and the well with
a quatrefoil combed panel around a central
medallion, the exterior walls incised in
repeating leaf shapes, the olive green glaze
covering all surfaces except a large cinnamon-
burnt firing ring within the base.
12 3/4in (32.5cm) diameter

$2,500 - 3,500

Provenance
a Private Japanese Collection
Crane Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Estate of Dorothy Conway, Port Townsend,
Washington
Crane Gallery, Seattle, Washington, acquired
15th December 2007
Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield

Compare a smaller Longquan celadon-glazed
octagonal charger, also with incised floral
sprays, from the Percival David Foundation
Collection, dated 14th century, published
and illustrated The World’s Great Collections
Oriental Ceramics, Margaret Medley, Vol.6,
pl.64.

980

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