A FINE AND RARE JUNYAO BRUSH WASHER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960 - 1127)

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A FINE AND RARE JUNYAO BRUSH WASHER
northern song dynasty (960 - 1127)
The well-potted shallow bowl with steep rounded sides and foliate-shaped flange at one side above a loop-handle after a silver original, all under a fine pale blue-grey glaze with four purple splashes, the base with six spur marks
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Compare a smaller Junyao example of the same metal-inspired shape in the Mrs. F. Brodie Lodge Collection, exhibited, The Ceramic Art of China, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 9 June - 25 July 1971, Catalogue, pl.53, no.80.

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