A FINE AND BRILLIANTLY SPLASHED LAVENDER-GLAZED 'JUN' NARCISSUS BOWL, MING DYNASTY OR LATER

Reference: ART1007705

Of shallow circular form, the rounded sides gently curving down to a flat recessed base supported on three ruyi-shaped feet, the mouthrim decorated with a band of evenly spaced bosses between two narrow raised bands, above a further band of bosses above the feet, the glaze on the interior of a milky-blue colour, the exterior of a vivid purple thinning to a mushroom tone on the bosses, the thick glaze coagulating in droplets around the exterior, the base covered in a brown dressing. 20.5 cm diam.