A RARE PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN DISH, JIN DYNASTY China, 1115-1234. Sturdily potted with shallow rounded sides and a lipped everted rim, applied overall with a pale lavender-blue glaze thinning to mushroom at the rim. The interior liberally splashed with striking purple transmuting to copper-green in some areas. The countersunk base with three distinct spur marks. The rounded foot rim glazed as well.

Provenance: Old English private collection, acquired in the London trade during the 1990s and thence by descent in the same family. A noted Japanese private collection, acquired from the above.
Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear and some firing flaws, the base with three spur marks, the dish warped, the interior with light surface scratches.

Weight: 372.2 g
Dimensions: Diameter 17.1 cm

With a Japanese wood box and cover as well as a custom-made silk brocade pouch and padding. (3)

Literature comparison: Compare two closely related dishes, one of slightly larger size, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in A Panorama of Ceramics in the National Palace Museum: Chun Ware, Taipei, 1999, pl. 56 and 57. For further related dishes with similar purple splashes, see two in the Palace Museum, Beijing, one from the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pls. 226 and 230, and one in the Sir Percival David collection in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 6, Tokyo, 1982, col. pl. 17.

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related but slightly larger (20.8 cm diameter) dish, also dated to the Jin dynasty and with very similar purple-splashed glaze with areas of copper-green, at Sotheby’s London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 10 November 2010, lot 182, sold for GBP 121,250. 5% or 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer’s premium – only for buyers within the EU. 金代罕見鈞窯紫斑圓盤
中國, 1115-1234年。侈口，折沿，周壁極淺，平底，淺圈足。全器滿釉支燒，外底留有圓點狀支痕三枚，底心畫一圓圈。通體罩施天藍色釉，釉面揮灑自如的紫紅色斑紋，局部呈現銅綠色。釉質均勻，釉表開細紋片，底緣及口部沿邊皆成米黃色。

來源：英國私人老收藏，購於1990年代倫敦，保存在同一家族至今。日本知名私人收藏，購於上述收藏。
品相：品相極好，輕微老磨損，一些燒製缺陷，盤子翹曲，內部表面有輕微劃痕。

重量：372.2 克
尺寸：直徑17.1 厘米

日本木盒，内置保護用的絲質内墊。 (3)

拍賣結果比較：一件同樣為金代但稍大 (直徑20.8 厘米) 圓盤，相似紫斑局部呈綠色見倫敦蘇富比Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2010年11月10日 lot 182, 售價GBP 121,250。