A Chinese flambé-glazed barbed jardinière 钧窑花盆一件 Sturdily potted, of tall lobed floriform section and resting on a short slightly splayed conforming foot, everted conforming rim; with a rich flambé glaze in tones of burgundy and violet-blue, draining to mushroom beige, the glaze flowing over the footring, five pierced holes to the underside, centered by an engraved Chinese character "二"(two), mottled olive-grey and brown wash to the underside, the footring revealing the dense grey body. (H: 7 1/4 in., Dia(Mouth rim): 9 3/4 in.)Qty: (1)Footnote: NOTE: The flowing glazes on the present example appear to relate to the copies of early Ming "numbered Jun"-type wares which began to be produced from the Yongzheng period forward. The earlier Northern Song to early Ming prototypes of the present piece are illustrated in "Selection of Jun Ware, the Palace Museum's Collection and Archaeological Excavation", Beijing 2013, pp.182-185, nos. 67 and 68; a barbed-rim jardinière illustrated ibid pp. 187-189, no 70. For examples of Jun-type pieces from the Yongzheng period with flowing glaze and a distinctive craquelure, one with a smeared celadon glaze on the underside, see ibid pp. 284-287, nos. 126, 127 and pp. 304-307, no 135.