JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

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A VERY RARE LARGE PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN DEEP BOWL
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
The deep, rounded sides are covered inside and out with a thick glaze of milky blue tone, accented with large purple splashes on the exterior and the interior, which is left unglazed in the center. The rim is unglazed.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., hardwood stand and cloth box

Provenance

The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.

Literature

Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 18.

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Lot Essay

A Jun bowl of similar proportions, but of slightly larger size, is illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, pp. 220 and 221, no. 383. Compare, also, a closely related example, included in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, no. 410, p. 139. A purple-splashed Jun bowl of similar large size was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 3062.

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