Lot 500

Description

China, a lavender-blue 'Jun' bowl, Song (Sung) dynasty with the outside with a matte glaze of reddish purple decoration, this bowl is an outstanding example of a very rare Imperial numbered 'Jun' - with 3 marked into the base, a piebald Bowl of the Classical ceramic home decoration vintage, (168mm diameter, height 53mm). Very fine and rare.

From the Yuxian (Henan) area of China obtained in London.

Jun ware is a type of Chinese celadon. The use of straw ash in the glaze bestows its unique blue glaze suffused with white. The ware was created near Linru County in the province of Henan at the Jun kilns of Yuzhou City during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126).

Please note: No mail out for this lot, collection only from the Sydney Office.