A LARGE 'JUN' BOWL YUAN / MING DYNASTY

the deep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a slightly inverted rim, applied overall with a milky lavender-blue bubble-suffused opaque glaze transitioning at the rim to a mushroom color, the glaze terminating unevenly at the foot revealing the dark stoneware body

Collection of Mrs. Edwin Sibley Webster (1870-1969), Boston, Massachusetts, and thence by descent.

Firing imperfections include two glaze bursts to exterior (largest 5 x 4 mm), a glaze gap at the mouth (5 x 10 mm), and striated craquelure (particularly to the upper half of the interior). Minor expected surface wear overall, plus a 5-cm abraded streak to the exterior. To the base: number "29" painted in red, and an old label with the number "29". Five dabs of easily removable house paint to exterior (largest 5 x 12 mm). The foot finished roughly.
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