ID 963293
Lot 3005 | A VERY RARE MASSIVE JUN LOBED VASE
Estimate value
HKD 6 000 000 – 8 000 000
JIN-YUAN DYNASTY (1115-1368)
The hexalobed vase has a tall conforming neck and an out-turned petal-like rim raising from the ovoid body with the shoulder encircled by a scalloped collar, all supported on a splayed foot with a raised ridge. The vase is covered overall in an attractive milky blue glaze thinning at the extremities to a mushroom tone, and the foot rim left unglazed to reveal the biscuit body.
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 21 September 2006, lot 104
Literature
Qin Dashu, Jun Yao Ceramics from The Beixuan Shuzhai Collection, Hong Kong, 2017, pp. 190-195, no. 22, and front cover
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Yuan dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Historical era: | Yuan dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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