PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE III A JUNYAO LOTUS-BUD-SHAPED JAR AND COVERJin dynasty Superbly potted with a bulbous body, gently tapering towards the circular mouth, the interior and exterior glazed with a pale-blue glaze with some darker streaks and iron-spots and thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim, the glaze pooling above the slightly spreading grey-bodied foot that has fired to an oxidized red where the glaze meets the body, the concave cover centered by a bud-like finial. 4 3/4in (12cm) high overall 金 鈞窯天藍釉蓮苞式帶蓋水盂 Provenance: , New York, 14 September 2015, lot 8056 來源： 紐約邦瀚斯，2015年9月14日，拍品編號8056 It is very rare to find an example of a waterpot still with its cover. However, a closely related Junyao 'lotus bud' jar and cover with unglazed mouth rim is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated on the museum's , described as Jin dynasty. Another Junyao jar with purple splashes also retaining its cover and described as Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century, is illustrated by G. Eskenazi, A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi , London, 2012, pp.287, pl.283. Other examples of Jun waterpots without covers include one previously in the collection of Robert Chang sold at Sotheby's, London, 12 May 2010, lot 145; another sold at Christie's Hong Kong, The Sound of Jade and the Shadow of a Chrysanthemum , sale 3323, 28 May 2014, lot 3220 and another also sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2277. The simple rounded forms of Jun waresplement the depth andplexity of the opalescent glaze. The result of thermoluminescence test 2055NK14 dated 30 November 2001, C&C Authentication Laboratory Limited, Hong Kong, is consistent with the dating of this pot; and Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test P119a14 is consistent for the cover.