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A ‘JUN-IMITATION’ BRUSH WASHER, QING DYNASTY, TL TESTED
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A ‘JUN-IMITATION’ BRUSH WASHER, QING DYNASTY, TL TESTED

Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 2 February 2024, based on sample number P124b31, sets the firing date of two samples taken between 200 and 80 years ago. A copy of the report, signed by Helen Mason for Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot.

China, probably Juntai in Henan province, 1820-1940. Resiliently potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short and rather broad foot, rising to an everted rim with a distinctively overhanging lip. The mouth festooned with five lobed petals, serving as the brush rests. Covered overall in a rich, opaque, finely crackled, streaked glaze of sky-blue and lavender tones, thinning to mushroom at the edges, with the foot rim left unglazed revealing the ware, partially burnt to orange in the firing.

Provenance: French trade.
Condition: Very good condition with expected old wear, traces of use mostly to the well, and firing irregularities, such as including pitting, glaze recesses, and kiln grit. The foot slightly polished, possibly the result of extended usage over centuries, with some nibbling to foot rim. Two holes to foot from sample drilling.

Weight: 499.9 g
Dimensions: Diameter 19.1 cm

Expert’s note: Although in the Song and Yuan dynasties Jun wares do not seem to have had a very high status, from the early Ming period onwards they acquired a very high reputation among collectors. Several Qing emperors had a particular predilection for Song dynasty Jun wares and encouraged potters to recreate their thick luscious glazes of intense coloration. However, earlier imitations of this flamboyant glaze, which had an immense appeal to the literati and nobility of the Ming dynasty, exist as well.

As Jessica Harrison-Hall explains, Linru on the Ru River in Henan was the main production center for jun wares in the Song dynasty. They are particularly appealing and were made in lavender blue, purple, purple-splashed blue and green. The blue color is achieved by an unmixing of the glaze into silica- and lime-rich glasses at high temperatures while the purple color results from extra copper ore painted on to the glazed but unfired vessel. Such colors inspired major European studio potters, like Bernard Leach, to experiment with Chinese glazes.

The shape of the present brush washer shares some similarities to Ming dynasty wares produced at Jingdezhen from the Chenghua to the Wanli reign. Song-style glazes were much appreciated in the late Ming era, but following more recent excavations in China it now seems likely that this brush washer dates to the early 15th century and was made not at Jingdezhen, but at Juntai in Henan province. See (Li Baoping, ‘Numbered Jun Wares: Controversies and New Kiln Site Discoveries, in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 71, 2006-2007, pp. 65-77).

Literature comparison:
Compare a related Jun dish with a similar glaze, 14.2 cm diameter, dated to the Ming dynasty, 1368-1435, in the British Museum, registration number PDF.54. Compare also a related jun-type lavender-glazed dish, Ming Dynasty, 17.5 cm diameter, dated 1400-1435, in the British Museum, registration number 1936,1012.88. The feet of both items above are remarkably similar to the foot of the present lot, where the naked ware, burnt to orange in the firing, and worn down through centuries of usage, clearly denotes a Ming dynasty origin.

Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 October 2016, lot 3641
Price: HKD 3,800,000 or approx. EUR 503,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare ‘Jun-imitation’ handled washer, late Ming dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related glaze. Note the different form.

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