A VERY RARE 'NUMBER THREE' JUN TRIPOD 'NARCISSUS' BOWL YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY The sturdily potted, shallow, rounded body is applied with a band of sixteen 'nail-head' bosses above the three ruyi -shaped feet, and a further band of nineteen bosses positioned between a bow-string border and the raised mouth rim. It is covered overall in a milky lavender-blue glaze shading to reddish brown on the raised areas. The base is inscribed with the character san , 'three', and partially covered with a thin olive-toned glaze, interrupted by a ring of small spur marks that reveal the grey body. 8 ¼ in. (21.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box Provenance John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945) Collection, Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Ira (1912-2004) and Nancy (1915 - 2005) Koger Collection, Savannah, Georgia. J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
A VERY RARE 'NUMBER THREE' JUN TRIPOD 'NARCISSUS' BOWL YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY The sturdily potted, shallow, rounded body is applied with a band of sixteen 'nail-head' bosses above the three ruyi -shaped feet, and a further band of nineteen bosses positioned between a bow-string border and the raised mouth rim. It is covered overall in a milky lavender-blue glaze shading to reddish brown on the raised areas. The base is inscribed with the character san , 'three', and partially covered with a thin olive-toned glaze, interrupted by a ring of small spur marks that reveal the grey body. 8 ¼ in. (21.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box Provenance John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945) Collection, Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Ira (1912-2004) and Nancy (1915 - 2005) Koger Collection, Savannah, Georgia. J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
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