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A GREEN JUN BOWL In the Song period, Jun wares from Yuxian, Henan province with areas 元ǎ鈞⒋天藍紫釉雙❢➬
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127) of contrasting copper-red were widely admired. Much emphasis was Ϝ源
unsurprisingly placed on the quality of the thick, opalescent glaze. The
3¬ in. (9.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box most important characteristic of Jun glaze is the phenomenon known "MGSFE $MBSL伉儷珍藏
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as 'liquid phase separation' which is the formulation of tiny globules of і敦蘇富比
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$8,000-10,000 lime-rich glass within the silica-rich glaze matrix, effecting the passage і敦蘇富比
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of light in such a way as to produce an attractive blue effect. Jun ware і敦邦瀚斯
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production understandably required great skill and control of the glaze and 展覽

٫宋ǎ鈞⒋綠釉盌 the firing conditions. Such delicate balances perhaps encouraged a degree і敦
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of experimentation as the effects of minute changes were observed and і敦
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understood, leading to the development of new styles of Jun decoration. (MB[FTǚ
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This jar is very unusual for its almost entirely reddish-purple surface. See a
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EVELYN 東方陶瓷學會
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ANNENBERG JAFFE HALL jar of similar shape dated to the Yuan dynasty illustrated in A Panorama of
Ceramics in the Collection of the National Palace Museum: Chün Ware, Taipei, (MB[FTǘ
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1022 1999, no. 104. Under the Qianlong reign, the famous Imperial ceramics
A RARE JUN VASE ON INTEGRAL STAND supervisor, Tang Ying (1682-1756), sent a craftman to Yuxian to research into
JIN-YUAN DYNASTY (1115-1368) the glaze recipe of the Jun ware, and Jun ceramics with the same shape and
glaze were created. See a Jun-type jar of related shape from the Qianlong
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high period in the Zande Lou collection illustrated in Qing Imperial Monochromes:
The Zande Lou Collection, Shanghai Museum, Beijing Museum, and Art
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$7,000-9,000 Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 118, no. 48.
PROVENANCE:
F. Schiller Collection, Betchworth Surrey, England.
Tonying & Company, Inc., New York, 27 September
1949.
William B. Jaffe (1904-1972) and Evelyn
Annenberg Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) Collection, New
York, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A JUN PURPLE AND BLUE-GLAZED JAR
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
6º in. (16 cm.) diam.
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection, United
Kingdom, no. AIC 716.
Sotheby's London, 25 March 1975, lot 95.
Sotheby's London, 11 December 1979, lot 227.
Bonhams London, 7 November 2013, lot 11.
EXHIBITED:
London, Exhibition of Chinese Art for Chinese
Medical Relief, 1938.
London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition
of Sung Dynasty Wares: Chun and Brown Glazes,
1st-3rd May 1952.

LITERATURE:
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Sung
Dynasty Wares: Chun and Brown Glazes, London,
1952, cat. no. 151.
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