A FINE JUNYAO PURPLE-SPLASHED DISH


Jin/Yuan dynastyPotted with a wide, slightly convex well, the low, curved cavetto encircled by a flat flange, covered overall in a thick, spotted light-blue glaze, thinning at the edges to a mushroom color, the side of the well and flange splashed with purple, all supported on the short foot ring encircling three spur marks. 7in (17.7cm) diam.
|金/元 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑盤Provenance:Ruth and Richard DickesAcquired in New York City, 25 November 1996A related purple-splashed Jun dish in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, London, 1996, pl. 241.