Lot Essay
A Jun bowl of similar proportions, but of slightly larger size, is illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pp. 220 and 221, no. 383. Compare, also, a closely related example, included in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, no. 410, p. 139. A purple-splashed Jun bowl of similar large size was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 3062.