Lot 274 , A Chinese Jun ware purple-splashed bowl, Song-Ming dynasty, Diam.17.5cm

A Chinese Jun ware purple-splashed bowl, Song-Ming dynasty, with a crackle to the glaze all over and some encrustation around the unglazed foot, possibly recovered from a shipwreck, Diam.17.5cm
Estimate £400-600

The crackle of the bowl has some etching to the glaze where the bow may have come from a ship wrecks. It feels quite heavy in the hand with some encrustation to the foot and a small foot chip, otherwise in good condition with no restoration or cracks detected.


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Sold for £480