• Dimension: Height: 2 7/8 in (7.5 cm) Diameter: 8 3/4 in (22.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $2500
• Estimate To: $3500

The shallow body raised on three ruyi-head supports, the interior and rim covered with a pale milky blue glaze, and the exterior covered with a brilliant purple glaze with some areas of milky lavender-blue on the underside of the rim and above the base, incised with an effaced numeral san (3) and covered with a thin olive-brown glaze surrounded by spur marks. Song Dynasty period.

鈞瓷從唐代興起，到了北宋初年已蓓蕾初放，贏得了信譽，倍受廣大用戶所喜愛，尤其鈞瓷銅紅釉的燒製成功，及其複雜的窯變機理，形成鈞窯絢麗多彩，艷美絶倫，窯變奇特，紅紫相映，更為其它窯口所不及。本件器物造型敦實，釉中紅裡透紫、紫裡藏青、青中寓白、白裡泛青，可謂紛彩爭艷。釉質乳光晶瑩，肥厚玉潤，類翠似玉賽瑪瑙，有巧奪天工之美。