PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARK S. PRATT A LARGE BLUE-GLAZED JUN WARE BOWLYuan dynasty Well potted with steep sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to a gently incurved rim, covered with a pale grayish blue glaze darkening to a mushroom color at the rim, the glaze falling short of the foot. 7 1/2in (19cm) diam. 元 鈞窯藍釉盌 pare the Jun ware bowl in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by H. Li, Chinese Ceramics: a Newprehensive Survey , London, 1996, p. 172, no. 340, with description on p. 200, noted by the author "The striking aspect of this type of bowl is the unglazed lower part, with concentric lines on the base by a tool, a design feature that would be characteristic of later Yuan wares."