A RARE JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BUBBLE BOWL

SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A RARE JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BUBBLE BOWL
SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
With rounded sides, covered inside and out with a pale blue glaze with a purple swirl on the interior that encompasses a swirling line of mottled dark red and opaque white color, and two purplish splashes on the exterior, both with some areas of mottled red and opaque white and one with an apple green spot, the glaze thinning to mushroom on the rim and falling in an irregular line to the small foot, with a patch of glaze on the base, one side with the broken section of another Junyao bowl that became attached during firing
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

From an old collection formed by a European ambassador to China, acquired in Beijing or Hong Kong before 1953.

Lot Essay

It is very unusual to find a Junyao bowl of this type that includes splashes of green. Compare the bubble bowls illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. 1, Geneva, 1968, nos. A31 and A32; by S. Lee, Asian Art: Selections from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Part II, New York, 1975, p. 45, no. 28; and in Song Dynasty Ceramics, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo, 1979, no. 65.

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