A purple-splashed Junyao bowl


Yuan dynastyPotted with an upright raised band below the rim on the exterior wall and tapering sharply inward toward the splayed foot ring, the well showing a single dark purple splash against the mottled blue and lavender glaze layer that thins to russet along the rim and stops in a thick uneven welt on the exterior to expose the buff colored fabric (glaze degraded).7 1/4in (18.5cm) diameter
|Provenanceacquired at the Arts of Pacific Asia Show, San Francisco, 5-7 February 2010