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Lot 118

A JUNYAO BOWL
Song/Yuan Dynasty

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A JUNYAO BOWL

Song/Yuan Dynasty
The rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly incurved rim, covered with a pale greyish-green glaze thinning at the rim and stopping unevenly above the foot to reveal the brown stoneware body. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) diam.

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宋/元 鈞窯碗

Provenance: William Henry Upjohn KC (1853-1941)
Mr Charles Sydney Cheston (d.1960), and thence by descent (Recorded in Charles Cheston's 1946 catalogue as purchased for £18, with a note: 'as vetted by Hobson who handled them 1917')

來源:William Henry Upjohn KC (1853-1941)
Charles Sydney Cheston先生(1960年去世),並由後人保存迄今(載於1946年Charles Cheston的目錄,標註以18英鎊購得,並附註:'由Hobson檢閱,經手於1917年。')

While Jun ware is renowned for its kiln transmutation effect and distinctive lavender and blue glazes, rare examples with green glazes, as exemplified by the present lot, are also known. See a green Jun bowl of similar glaze and shape, Yuan dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.no.故瓷005892N000000000). See also a related green Jun bowl, Jin dynasty, 12th/13th century, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by R.Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p.15.

See a green Jun glazed bowl of similar shape but larger, Song/Jin dynasty, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3203. Compare with a related green Jun bowl, Northern Song dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 23 September 2022, lot 952.

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