J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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The Gordon Collection:
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
March 12 - April 4, 2009
31.
A BLUE-GLAZED JUNYAO WINECUP AND STAND
Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1127)
the rounded cup of deep circular ‘bubble bowl’ form with upturned lipless rim, raised on a small neatly finished ring foot, the cupstand with a hollow central section of similar steeply rounded circular form, surrounded by a wide saucer with moulded rim and raised on a tapered foot, both covered all over in a pale lavender blue glaze thinning to a pale mushroom color at the rims and pooling to an opaque blue in some areas.
Diameter: Cup 2 3⁄4 inches (6.9 cm); Stand 3 1⁄4 inches (8 cm)
From the Shuisongshi Shanfang Collection
Exhibited:
Hong Kong, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1986
Published:
Tsang and Moss, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no. 257, pp. 260-61
A similar blue Junyao cup and stand of slightly larger size is illustrated by Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Volume Three (II), London, 2006, no. 1458, p. 458, and another Junyao cup and stand of larger size is illustrated in Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1994, no. 41, pp. 118-119.
Compare also the Junyao cup and five-lobed stand in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by Pierson, Song Ceramics, Objects of Admiration, London, 2003, pl. 42, pp. 108-109.
北宋 鈞窯藍釉盞及盞托 盞徑 6.9 厘米 托徑 8 厘米
31.
A BLUE-GLAZED JUNYAO WINECUP AND STAND
Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1127)
Diameter: Cup 2 3⁄4 inches (6.9 cm); Stand 3 1⁄4 inches (8 cm)