A Large Junyao Purple Splashed Blue Glazed Stoneware Bowl

19th Century

清晚期鈞窯大碗
the bowl of deep, rounded conical form, and covered inside and out with a glaze of milky blue color with a purple splash to the interior wall.

Diameter 7 5/8 in., 19.4 cm.

Property from the Collection of Cheng Bao-nan, Taiwan, thence by descent

鄭寶南大使舊藏。

鄭寶南（1910-1990）号南生，祖籍番禺，生于南京。1925-32年留学英美，歸國后供職於國民政府外交部。抗戰時派驻纽约总领馆擔副领事，兼美國醫藥助華會駐重慶代表，及國際宣傳處駐芝加哥辦事處主任。1945年抗戰勝利後代表國民政府供職聯合國，歷任救濟總署代表，人權委員會中國代表，經濟、社會理事會中國代表，聯合國大會代表等職。1962年-64年及1967-72年兩度任駐聯合國日內瓦辦事處大使銜主任。1972年起，任行政院新聞局駐英國倫敦辦事處主任。晚年退居台灣。

鄭氏一生出使外洋無數，鑒藏印“足跡英美法意瑞德昆菲諸國”可見一斑。所蓄藏品皆爲同輩名家所贈。鄭氏遺女久居芝加哥，十年前我司受委托釋出部分藏瓷，今次釋出所餘。

Overall good stable condition.

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A Large Junyao Purple Splashed Blue Glazed Stoneware Bowl

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