Christie's Four Masterpieces of Jun Ware Hong Kong 5/29/19 SALE 18454 1 LOT

$175.00

Description

Christie's
Four Masterpieces of Jun Ware
Hong Kong 5/29/19 SALE 18454

1 LOT
LOT 2753
A RARE ‘NUMBERED FOUR’ JUN TRIPOD BULB BOWL
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Price realised
HKD 14,525,000

Estimate
HKD 12,000,000 - HKD 15,000,000

A RARE ‘NUMBERED FOUR’ JUN TRIPOD BULB BOWL
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
The sturdily potted bowl has a band of eighteen ‘nail-head’ bosses applied between bow-string borders, and a further fifteen bosses
above the three ruyi-form feet. The bowl is covered with a thick glaze, the interior of milky pale blue and the exterior of mottled
reddish-purple and blue that thins to olive on the raised areas. The base has a thin olive glaze and a ring of spur marks, and is incised
with the character si (four).
7 ¾ in. (19.8 cm.) diam., stand, double Japanese wood boxes