A Junyao purple-splashed dish


Yuan DynastyWith shallow curving sides rising to a flared rim, supported on a short foot, covered with a thick glaze of lavender-blue colour highlighted with a purple splash. 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam.
|元 鈞窯天青釉紫斑盤Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition 2003, London, no.50A distinguished English private collection來源：2003年購於倫敦Roger Keverne Ltd.，「夏季展覽」，編號50英國顯貴私人收藏For similar dish, Jin or Yuan dynasty, see J. Ayers, A. Medley and Wood, Iron in the Fire: The Chinese Potters' Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes: an exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1988, p.44, no.25.