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A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED DISH
Jin/Yuan Dynasty

A Life in Ceramics: The Peter and Mary White Collection of Chinese Art
31 October – 10 November 2025, 10:00 GMT
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A JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED DISH

Jin/Yuan Dynasty
The shallow sides rising from a short foot to a slightly inverted rim, covered overall in a thick light-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone at the mouth rim, with one purple splash, the foot left unglazed. 16.7 (6 5/8in) diam.

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

金/元 鈞窯紫斑天藍釉盤

Provenance: Peter Boode Chinese Antiques, London (label)
Dr Hugh Shire (d.1976), London (label)
Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in January 2006 (collector's notes)

Published and Illustrated: M.White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.3, n.p., 2022, p.29

來源：倫敦古董商Peter Boode Chinese Antiques（標籤）
Hugh Shire博士（去世於1976年），倫敦（標籤）
獲得於倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2006年1月（藏家標籤）

展覽著錄：M.White，《Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection》，第三冊, 無出版地，2022年，第29頁

This piece features a partial 'kiln transmutation effect' 窯變 (yaobian) of Jun glaze, achieved by applying a copper-bearing colorant to selected areas over the sky-blue glaze. After firing, this produced purplish patches, as seen in the present lot. The irregular purple splashes stand in striking contrast with the milky and opalescent blue ground. This interplay of colour and form bears a remarkable resemblance to abstract art, inviting the viewer's imagination. Compare with a related Junyao purple-splashed dish, Song dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：兩宋瓷器), Hong Kong, 1996, pl.226, p.250.

In the Song dynasty, the bases of Jun ware were typically fully glazed, leaving only the body of the foot rim exposed. In contrast, as seen in the present lot, Jun ware produced during the Jin and Yuan dynasties often feature unglazed bases and foot rims. See a related purple-splashed dish, Yuan dynasty, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Selection of Jun Ware: the Palace Museum's Collection and Archaeological Excavation (鈞瓷雅集：故宮博物院珍藏及出土鈞窯瓷器薈萃), Beijing, 2013, pp.162-163, no.57.

See a related purple-splashed Junyao dish, Yuan dynasty, which was sold at Christie's New York, 15 September 2016, lot 803.

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