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A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BOWL Jin Dynasty (2) image 1
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Lot 11

A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BOWL
Jin Dynasty

15 May 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED BOWL

Jin Dynasty
Sturdily potted with deep conical sides rising from a short tapering foot, covered in a thickly bubbled glaze of lustrous sky-blue tone thinning to a mushroom tone on the rim with a purple splash in the interior, the glaze falling unevenly above the foot revealing the dark-brown body, box. 18cm (7 1/8in) diam. (2).

Footnotes

金 鈞窯天藍釉紫斑碗

Provenance:
C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris
Emmanuel Christofides (1928-2020), Athens and London, acquired from the above on 1 February 1971

Published and Illustrated:
D.Priestley and M.Flacks, A Life in the Company of Song Ceramics, London, 2017, pp.16-17, no.2

來源:
巴黎古董商盧芹齋
Emmanuel Christofides (1928-2020),雅典和倫敦,獲得於1971年2月1日

著錄:
D.Priestley和M.Flacks,《A Life in the Company of Song Ceramics》,倫敦,2017年,第16-17頁,編號2

C.T. Loo (1880–1957), born Lu Qinzhai, was a prominent Chinese art dealer who played a crucial role in introducing Chinese antiquities to Western audiences during the early 20th century. Operating galleries in Paris and New York, he specialised in bronzes, ceramics, and Buddhist sculptures, becoming a key figure for collectors, museums, and scholars seeking authentic Chinese works. His efforts significantly shaped the global appreciation and scholarship of Chinese art and his legacy endures, with numerous pieces from his galleries now housed in major institutions like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the British Museum, London.

Compare also with a similar Junyao bowl, Jin/Yuan dynasty, of similar size (18.5cm diam.) in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by R.Kerr, Song Dynasty Ceramics, London, 2004, p.10, fig.2. See also another related Junyao bowl, 12th/13th century, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (acc.no.1923-21-429).

See a related Junyao blue-glazed bowl, Song/Jin dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 June 2020, lot 356.

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