NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 12TH CENTURY

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A JUNYAO BOWL
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 12TH CENTURY
With slightly rounded flared sides turning upwards towards the rim, covered inside and out with a glaze of pale milky-blue tone thinning to mushroom on the rim and ending in a slightly irregular line on the neatly cut foot to expose the grey ware burnt pale brown in the firing, the base also glazed
6 15/16 in. (17.5 cm.) diam., box

Lot Essay

This well-proportioned bowl with its thick, lavender-blue glaze typifies the elegant simplicity of Northern Song Jun wares. Control of both temperature and duration of firing was crucial to both the color and texture of Jun glazes, and had to be finely judged by the kiln master.

A Jun bowl with similar proportions, but of larger size (21.5 cm. diam.), is illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 110-11, no. 37.

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