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Auction archive: Lot number 131

AN EXTREMELY RARE 'JUN' FOLIATE-MOUTH VASE (ZUN) NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012
Estimate
US$500,000 - US$700,000
Price realised:
US$602,500
Auction archive: Lot number 131

AN EXTREMELY RARE 'JUN' FOLIATE-MOUTH VASE (ZUN) NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012
Estimate
US$500,000 - US$700,000
Price realised:
US$602,500
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE 'JUN' FOLIATE-MOUTH VASE (ZUN) NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY of archaic zun-form, the central globular bulb with a narrow ridge supported on a tall splayed foot, the elegant neck sweeping up the everted rim, the mouth festooned with five lobed, radiating petals, evenly covered overall in a lustrous lavender-blue glaze mottled with lilac and milk-white highlights, thinning to a mushroom color at the rim of the mouth, the glaze stopping short of the footring, revealing the ware burnt orange-brown in the firing Height 11 7/8 in., 30.2 cm

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

AN EXTREMELY RARE 'JUN' FOLIATE-MOUTH VASE (ZUN) NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY of archaic zun-form, the central globular bulb with a narrow ridge supported on a tall splayed foot, the elegant neck sweeping up the everted rim, the mouth festooned with five lobed, radiating petals, evenly covered overall in a lustrous lavender-blue glaze mottled with lilac and milk-white highlights, thinning to a mushroom color at the rim of the mouth, the glaze stopping short of the footring, revealing the ware burnt orange-brown in the firing Height 11 7/8 in., 30.2 cm

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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