A SMALL 'SOFT' JUNYAO BUD-FORM WATER POT

YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

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A SMALL 'SOFT' JUNYAO BUD-FORM WATER POT
YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Covered overall with a crackled glaze of bright turquoise tone accented with several splashes of purple thinning to pale russet on the mouth rim; together with a small celadon-glazed tripod censer, 18th century, with compressed globular body surmounted by an everted flattened rim set with two U-shaped handles, supported on three tall feet topped by animal masks
Water pot 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high; censer 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high, two wood stands (2)

Lot Essay

Known in China as ma jun, 'soft Jun' is clearly related to the wares produced at the Jun kilns in Henan province. Compare the similar bud-form water pot illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, New York, 1985, p. 54, no. 32.

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