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Size: D8.3cm

Signed and dated: 12th Century

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 1,750,000

Illustrated
Arts of Asia，vo. 32，Number 1，January - February 2002，Saleroom News，p. 106.

This bowl is potted with gently rounded sides rising from a short and small foot to a slightly incurved rim. It is covered overall in a lavender glaze thinning to a dark brown colour at the rim and splashed with copper to give the interior purple splashes. The bottom is also filled with glaze while the glaze stops near the bottom，revealing the brownish buff body.
Provenance
Christie’s Hong Kong，October.30.2001，lot 778
Private Japanese Collection
The Ten-Views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection，no.EK99
Similar example is included in one of the world’s most prestigious collections of Chinese ceramics，the Palace Museum in Beijing，illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty （I），Hong Kong，1996，pl. 222.