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A RARE 'JUN' CUPSTAND SONG DYNASTY
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
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the hollow bowl with rounded sides collared by a saucer dish with a curved rim, supported on a hollow cylindrical foot, covered overall with a pale blue glaze, suffused throughout with minute white flecks, draining on the extremities to a mushroom color and stopping short of the knife-pared foot on the exterior
Literature
Dan-jiong Tan, Zhongguo taoci shi [History of Chinese Ceramics], Volume Two, Taipei, 1985, p. 509.
Condition
The rim of the bowl with three restored chips and associated overpainting around the rim. The saucer with two restored chips and minute nicks to the rim, with associated overpainting.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Jun cupstands are rare and few published examples are known. A stand of similar form, but with lobed rim, in the British Museum, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 5, London, 1981, fig. 101; and another in the Percival David Foundation, London, is included in the Foundation's Illustrated Catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing Wares, London, 1999, p. 39, no. A50; and another in the Eumorfopoulos Collection, illustrated in R.L. Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue of Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, London, vol. 3, 1928, pl. XIII, no. C 35.
See also a related cupstand first sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th November 1976, lot 423, then again in the same rooms together with a Jun cup, from the T.Y Chao Collection, and a third time, in our London rooms from the Muwentang Collection, 18th November 1986, lot 20.
See also a related cupstand first sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th November 1976, lot 423, then again in the same rooms together with a Jun cup, from the T.Y Chao Collection, and a third time, in our London rooms from the Muwentang Collection, 18th November 1986, lot 20.