A LARGE JUNYAO BLUE-GLAZED BOWL Northern Song Dynasty Rising from a short, straight foot to the rounded sides terminating at a slightly inverted rim, covered overall except the the foot with a sky-blue glaze paling to a mushroom tone along the mouth rim. 22.5cm (8 7/8in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 北宋 鈞窯天藍釉碗 Provenance: Nicholas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) (collector's notes) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, on 14 December 2016 (collector's notes) 來源：Nicholas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010) （藏家筆記） 獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2016年12月14日（藏家筆記） Nicholas de la Mare Thompson (1928-2010), grandson of the writer Walter de la Mare, spent his professional career in publishing and was a long-standing and committed member of the Oriental Ceramic Society. Coming from a family of collectors, he developed a discerning and independent approach to Chinese ceramics, with a particular interest in early monochrome wares, especially those of the Song dynasty. He collected according to personal judgement rather than fashion, valuing close study, discussion, and the experience of living with objects, often refining his choices through conversation with fellow collectors and scholars and with the trusted eye of his wife, Caroline. In later years he expanded his interests to include early books on Chinese ceramics, using them to explore the development of Western scholarship and collecting. See a similar large Junyao blue-glazed bowl (22.9cm diam.), Northern Song dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Selection of Jun Ware: the Palace Museum's Collection and Archaeological Excavation (鈞瓷雅集：故宮博物院珍藏及出土鈞窯瓷器薈萃), Beijing, 2016, pp.40-41, pl.8 Compare with a similar large Junyao blue-glazed bowl, slightly smaller in size at 22.5cm in diam., Northern Song/Jin dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, lot 383. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing