Chinese Purple-Splashed Ceramic Bowl

JUN KILNS, SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 960-1368 A.D.

3 3/4 in. (106 grams, 95 mm).

Well potted with slightly rounded sides rising from the foot to a flared mouth rim; the interior harmoniously decorated with three purple and lavender oval splashes of similar size and position, the blue glaze suffused with fine bubbles and a light network of crackles, thinning to a light mushroom tone at the rim, the area around the foot and the foot itself are unglazed. [No Reserve]

Provenance

South German family collection, acquired on the Bavarian art market.
Formerly collection of the German diplomat Ernst A. Voretzsch (1868-1965), consul in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Hankow, from 1928 to 1933.

Literature

Cf. Kerr, R., Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World (Masterpieces of Chinese Ceramics), 2021; Pierson, S., Illustrated catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, p. 51, no. A3; R. Krahl, Yuegutang. A Collection of Chinese Ceramics in Berlin, 2000, p. 183-184, nos. 143-144.

Footnotes

A charming and excellently preserved example of Jun ware.

CONDITION

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