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A GRAY AND BROWN JADE MYTHICAL BEAST A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ARCHAISTIC
SONG - MING DYNASTY HANGING VASE AND COVER
the recumbent beast with the head held high, finely carved 17TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
with curled brows, round ears and a small horn, the knobby of archaistic you form, the flattened pear-shaped body
backbone and ribs well-defined, the legs tucked under with raised on a slightly splayed foot, the neck flanked by a pair
forepaws pressed together, the bifurcated tail curled onto its of stylized ruyi handles interlinked with a long arched U-form
back, the grayish-white stone well polished with streaks of swing handle, carved around the body with a broad band of
dark brown vertical ribs between bands of scrolls, the domed cover with
Width 2¼ in., 5.7 cm a band of pendent lappets surmounted by a lotus bud-form
finial, the stone of a pale greenish-celadon tone with areas of
PROVENANCE russet and natural inclusions (2)
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). Height 8⅜ in., 21.2 cm
Compare a related jade mythical beast with shorter neck
illustrated in Roger Keverne ed., Jade, London, 1995, fig. 29. PROVENANCE
A figure of a dog with a similarly modeled body, attributed Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
to the Ming dynasty, is in the collection of the Palace Continuing the Song tradition of translating the aesthetic of
Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection large archaic ritual bronzes into relatively small jade vessels,
of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware II, Hong Kong, this you-form vase is carved with two familiar archaic
1995, pl. 209. Another related figure of a dog with its head designs: a simplified leiwen-inspired scroll and a broad
turned to the right sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 20th March band of vertical ribs. For an archaic bronze you that is also
1990, lot 883. See also a mythical beast with the head turned designed with a wide band of ribbing between bands of birds,
back sold at Christie’s New York, 2nd June 1989, lot 282; and see an example attributed to the early Western Zhou period,
one from the Junkunc Collection that sold in these rooms, from the Avery Brundage Collection, now in the Asian Art
22nd September 2020, lot 241. Museum of San Francisco (obj. no. B60B769.a-.b), published
in Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the
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$ 15,000-20,000 Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Washington D.C.,
1990, fig. 72.1.
宋至明 玉瑞獸 It is rare to find jade vases fashioned with the vertical
ribs. For vessels of related form but carved with various
來源： archaistic motifs, see two in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 收藏 one with a taotie design, included in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (III), Hong
Kong, 1995, pl. 152, and the other with stiff leaves below
a bird band, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol. 6,
Shijiazhuang, pl. 247.
Vertical ribs are also found on jade censers from the Ming
dynasty. See a gui-form example attributed to the Ming
dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection and still in Beijing,
published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum. Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 182; and
54 another from the Robert Youngman Collection, sold in these
rooms, 19th March 2019, lot 227.
A BEIGE JADE ‘LOTUS LEAF’ VASE
17TH / 18TH CENTURY $ 20,000-30,000
naturalistically carved in the form of a furled upright lotus
leaf with fluttering edges, encircled at the middle with 十七世紀或更早 青玉雕仿古提梁卣
a ribbon tied in a bow, two chilong scaling its sides, all
supported below by a tangle of curling stems forming the 來源：
integral openwork base, burgeoning lotus blossoms and 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
smaller leaves issuing from the stems, the beige stone
gradating to a russet tone near the base, wood stand (2)
Height 9⅞ in., 25.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 10,000-15,000
十七 / 十八世紀 玉雕荷葉形花插

54 來源：
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 收藏

104 SOTHEBY’S COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N10748 PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTON 105