12th Mar, 2026 11:00
The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers Part 2
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A LARGE BLUE-GLAZED JUN BOWL, NORTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
Sold for €7,150
including Buyer's Premium
China, 12th–14th century. Finely potted with deep, rounded sides rising from a short foot, covered overall with an opaque blue glaze suffused with crackle, thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim with dark mottles, pooling elegantly around the body, and stopping unevenly just above the unglazed foot.
Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. According to the Myers ledgers acquired on 9 December 1991, and 35 years in the collection.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws including few small open bubbles, light fritting to the rim, dark spots, glaze recesses, particularly near the foot.
Weight: 728 g
Dimensions: Height 9 cm, Diameter 20.5 cm
Jun ware, with its type site represented by the Juntai kilns in the former region of Junzhou, modern-day Yuxian, Henan province, was produced by many different manufactories in Henan, including the Ru kilns at Qingliangsi in Baofeng, probably from the end of the Northern Song period (960-1127) until at least the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). In comparison to the other important Song wares, the bodies of ‘Jun’ wares are more thickly potted, which is a contributing factor to the more simplistic forms as well as the viscous glazes. As water from the glaze is absorbed by the porous biscuit in the firing, the glaze appears thicker, lending itself to a more substantial covering.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related, blue-glazed Jun bowl, dated to the 11th-12th century, 23 cm (diameter), in the Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art, accession number LI1301.355.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 22 March 2023, lot 539
Price: USD 30,000 or approx. EUR 27,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large Jun bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, and color. Note the related size (21.6 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 June 2016, lot 624
Mid-Estimate: HKD 135,000 or approx. EUR 17,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large 'Jun' bowl Jin – Yuan Dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, and color.
China, 12th–14th century. Finely potted with deep, rounded sides rising from a short foot, covered overall with an opaque blue glaze suffused with crackle, thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim with dark mottles, pooling elegantly around the body, and stopping unevenly just above the unglazed foot.
Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. According to the Myers ledgers acquired on 9 December 1991, and 35 years in the collection.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws including few small open bubbles, light fritting to the rim, dark spots, glaze recesses, particularly near the foot.
Weight: 728 g
Dimensions: Height 9 cm, Diameter 20.5 cm
Jun ware, with its type site represented by the Juntai kilns in the former region of Junzhou, modern-day Yuxian, Henan province, was produced by many different manufactories in Henan, including the Ru kilns at Qingliangsi in Baofeng, probably from the end of the Northern Song period (960-1127) until at least the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). In comparison to the other important Song wares, the bodies of ‘Jun’ wares are more thickly potted, which is a contributing factor to the more simplistic forms as well as the viscous glazes. As water from the glaze is absorbed by the porous biscuit in the firing, the glaze appears thicker, lending itself to a more substantial covering.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related, blue-glazed Jun bowl, dated to the 11th-12th century, 23 cm (diameter), in the Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art, accession number LI1301.355.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 22 March 2023, lot 539
Price: USD 30,000 or approx. EUR 27,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large Jun bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, and color. Note the related size (21.6 cm).
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 June 2016, lot 624
Mid-Estimate: HKD 135,000 or approx. EUR 17,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large 'Jun' bowl Jin – Yuan Dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze, and color.
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