A RARE GREEN 'JUN' BOWL SONG DYNASTY

the thickly-potted deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly incurved rim, covered overall in a thick greyish-green glaze suffused with a matrix of golden-brown crackles, 18.5cm., 7 1/4 in; together with a celadon-glazed dish

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 89 ('Jun' bowl).

This bowl is in good general condition, but it has some slight manufacturing inconsistencies, below the rim to the interior, there is a 1cm diameter shallow recess to the body which is covered in glaze. There is a small glaze pool and a 'stone' to the centre of the interior. There is a number of small circular glaze pools to the exterior. There is crackle to the interior and exterior of the glaze.
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