A purple splashed junyao bowl, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368).
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The bowl is covered inside and out with a thick, milky lavender-blue glaze thinning to mushroom-brown at the rim and stopping above the purplish-brown foot. There is a tapering, purple splash on the interior below the rim. Diameter 18.3 cm.
Crazing.
Provenance
From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art.