A LARGE PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN BOWL JIN–YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH–14TH CENTURY

A LARGE PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN BOWL
JIN–YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH–14TH CENTURY
The bowl has gently rounded flaring sides and is covered overall with a glaze of pale milky blue thinning to a mushroom color at the rim. There is a large reddish-purple glaze splash on the interior that drips over to the exterior, and two small reddish-purple drips in the well.
8 in. (20.2 cm.) diam., cloth box

Provenance
Collection of Alexandre J. Argyropoulos (1894-1978), Greek Ambassador to China, late 1940s-early 1950s, and thence by descent within the family.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4244.