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116 Often referred to by Chinese scholars as ‘moon white’, pale blue-white
A fine small Junyao ‘bubble’ cup Jun glazes have a lustrous and opalescent quality that is highly sought
Northern Song Dynasty after. Examples of ‘moon white’ glaze include a Junyao dish with
Elegantly potted with curved sides rising to a gently inverted rim, foliated sides in the Sir Percival David collection, illustrated in Song
covered overall in an even milky blue glaze, thinning to greyish-beige Ceramics: Objects of Admiration, London, 2003, pp.46-47, no.13; and
at the mouth rim, pooling thickly above the short slightly-splayed a larger similarly-glazed deep bowl sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28
unglazed foot. November 2012, lot 2278.
9cm diam.
斂圓口，弧腹下收，矮圈足。小盌滿施爐鈞釉，口沿黃褐色，底足無
HK$200,000 - 300,000 釉。盌內外均為天青色，口沿處泛起茄紫色。整器造型小巧伶俐，發
US$26,000 - 39,000 色賦予變化，釉料肥厚，清優古雅。
北宋 鈞窯天青釉小盌 有關此類小盌之研究及例子，可參考奉文堂收藏中的另一件拍品，拍
品編號117。另見香港佳士得曾售出一例，2012年11月28日，編號
2278。
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