A Jun lotus bud jar Song/Jin dynasty | 宋/金 鈞窰藍釉蓮苞式水盂

Property from a European Private Collection

A Jun lotus bud jar

Song/Jin dynasty

宋/金 鈞窰藍釉蓮苞式水盂

the globular body rising from a short spreading foot and tapering towards a narrow mouth, covered overall in a thick purplish-blue glaze thinning to a buff tone at the rim, the knife-pared foot rim burnt to a light caramel color in the firing

Diameter 10 cm, 4 in.