Chinese purple splashed Jun bowl, N. Song Jin dynasties (960-1234 AD)

  

A purple splashed Jun bowl, N. With lavender splash glaze on a turquoise ground. Upper outer Diameter: 6.35 inches = 16.8 cm.

Upper inner diameter: 6.65 inches = 16.3 cm. Diameter of the base; 2.35 inches = 6.0 cm. Condition: perfect, normal wear, no defects.

Below are 5 photos at magnification of x50. #4 - border between purple and blue inside. #5 - purple glaze inside. #6 - border between glaze and unglazed terracotta outside. #7 - unglazed base outside. # 8 - unglazed base outside. #9 - blue glaze inside. #10 - rim of the bowl. NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH-13TH CENTURY. HKD 2,000,000 - HKD 3,000,000. (USD 259,272 - USD 388,908). Chün is a type of. Despite its fame, much about Jun ware remains unclear, and the subject of arguments among experts. Several different types of pottery are covered by the term, produced over several centuries and in several places, during the Northern. (12711368), and (as has become clearer in recent years) lasting into the early. Some of the wares were popular, especially the drinking vessels, but others seem to have been made for the imperial court and are known as "official Jun wares"; they are not mentioned in contemporary documents and their dating remains somewhat controversial. These are mostly bowls for growing bulbs or flower-pots with matching stands, such as can be seen in many paintings of scenes in imperial palaces. The consensus that seems to be emerging, driven largely by the interpretation of excavations at kiln sites, divides Jun wares into two groups: a large group of relatively popular wares made in simple shapes from the Northern Song to (at lower quality) the Yuan, and a much rarer group of official Jun wares made at a single site (Juntai) for the imperial palaces in the Yuan and early Ming periods. Both types rely largely for their effect on their use of the blue and purple glaze colours; the latter group are sturdy shapes for relatively low-status uses such as flowerpots and perhaps spitoons. The most striking and distinctive Jun wares use blue to purple. Colours, sometimes suffused with white, made with. Straw ash in the glaze. They often show "splashes" of purple on blue, sometimes appearing as though random, though they are usually planned.

A different group are "streaked" purple on blue. The Chinese describing the streaks as "worm-tracks". Which was greatly admired and often imitated in later periods. But colours range from a light greenish-brown through green to blue and purple.

The shapes are mostly simple, except for the official wares, and other decoration is normally limited to the glaze effects. Most often, the "unofficial" wares are wheel-thrown, but the official ones moulded. In terms of Western classification, and "high-fired" or. In Chinese terms (where the class of stoneware is not generally recognised).

Like the still more prestigous. They are often not quite fired as high as the normal stoneware temperature range, and the body remains permeable to water. They form a "close relative" of the wider group of Northern.

The item "Chinese purple splashed Jun bowl, N. Song Jin dynasties (960-1234 AD)" is in sale since Tuesday, December 13, 2016. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Bowls". The seller is "ukr10" and is located in Clearwater Beach, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Region of Origin: China
2. Original/Reproduction: Original
3. Age: 960-1234 AD
4. Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
5. Color: Blue
6. Maker: Jun
7. Type: Bowls