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A FINE SONG DYNASTY JUN PLATE
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
A very fine plate with a Jun glaze of blue and green colors that mingle in the front and back, thinning at the edges to a mushroom tone. The small foot is dressed in brown, and the base inside the foot is glazed as well. There are a few impurities on the glaze that resulted as an accident during firing. The crackled glaze is very smooth and lustrous. There are some areas with a transparent film --as a result of prolonged burial-- that have resisted removal.
There are similar plates in the literature from the Northern Song or Jin Dynasty, but these exhibit a larger foot, reason why this plate might be from the Southern Song period.
Diameter: 61/2 in. (16.3 cm.)
Condition: Excellent
Literature: "Five Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics; From the Robin and R. Randolph Richmond, Jr. Collection" New Orleans Museum of Art., figs 64 and 65, pp. 89-90.
Ref. 703672
US$2,500
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