A purple-splashed 'Jun' bowl, Jin / Yuan dynasty | 金 / 元 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑盌

A purple-splashed 'Jun' bowl

Jin / Yuan dynasty

金 / 元 鈞窰天藍釉紫斑盌

the rounded sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to an incurved rim, covered overall in a rich sky-blue glaze boldly punctuated with vivid scarlet-purple splashes, the glaze draining to a pale mushroom tone at the rim and pooling above the neatly knife-pared foot, revealing the buff-grayish body

Diameter 3 ⅝ in., 8.3 cm