A RARE SMALL PURPLE-SPLASHED JUNYAO BUBBLE BOWL

NORTHERN SONG/JIN DYNASTY

Details

A RARE SMALL PURPLE-SPLASHED JUNYAO BUBBLE BOWL
Northern Song/Jin Dynasty
The well-potted, rounded body covered inside and out with a glaze of rich milky turquoise tone liberally splashed in purple thinning to a mushroom color on the rim and falling in an irregular line onto the small foot to expose the fine-grained ware burnt orange in the firing
36in. (9cm.) diam.

Literature

Splendour of Ancient Chinese Art: Selections from the Collections of T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art Worldwide, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 29

Sale room notice

Provenance: Edward T. Chow Collection, Sotheby's London, 16 December 1980, Lot 264
The T.Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part II, Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, Lot 209

Lot Essay

Compare the similar bubble bowls illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva, 1968, vol. I, nos. A 31 and A 32; by Sheman Lee, Asian Art, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Part II, New York, 1975, p. 45, no. 28; and by Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics: Sung Wares, Hong Kong, 1991, p. 125 (top).