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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DON LICHTY A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED
A RARE WUCAI ‘HUNTING’ BOWL ‘DRAGON’ DISHES
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI SEAL MARKS AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG
the gently rounded sides resting on a straight foot and each with rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim,
sweeping to a delicately everted rim, the exterior painted the center finely painted with an iron-red dragon chasing a
with a continuous hunting scene with one group of courtiers ‘flaming pearl’ amidst cobalt-blue cloud scrolls, the motif
pursuing a fox with hounds and another group having just repeated at the exterior with two iron-red dragons all
shot a bird with an arrow, the interior painted with a huntress between double-line borders, the base with a six-character
in in a rocky landscape with falcon and hound, all in vibrant seal mark in black enamel (2)
enamels, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze Diameter 6⅜ in., 16.3 cm 135
blue within a double circle See a pair of smaller dishes of this type published in Xiamenshi
Diameter 8¼ in., 21 cm Bowuguan cangpin jicui [A selection from the collection of the
Xiamen Museum], Beijing, 2007, pl. 122. Another similarly
PROVENANCE decorated bowl sold in these rooms, 19th March 1997, lot 311,
Collection of Mrs. David K. E. Bruce (1917-1995). and again at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th May 2021, lot 2953.
Sotheby’s New York, 12th March 1981, lot 249.
⊖ $ 20,000-30,000
EXHIBITED
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, 1991- circa 1994 (on loan). 清雍正 青花礬紅彩雲龍紋盤一對
133 $ 8,000-12,000 《大清雍正年製》款

清康熙 五彩狩獵圖盌
《大清康熙年製》款
來源：
David K.E. Bruce 夫人 (1917-1995) 收藏
紐約蘇富比1981年3月12日，編號249
展覽： 136
檀香山藝術博物館，檀香山，1991年至約1994年 (借展)
PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
A COPPER-RED-DECORATED ‘DRAGON’ VASE
(TIANQIUPING)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
134 the globular body rising to a tall, slightly flaring cylindrical
neck, the exterior painted in vibrant underglaze red with a
PROPERTY OF AN ARIZONA PRIVATE COLLECTOR fierce, scaly four-clawed dragon striding amidst flame wisps
A GILT-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE BOWL and clouds in vigorous pursuit of a ‘flaming pearl’ above
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY crashing waves below, the rim encircled by a band of foliate
scroll, the recessed base unglazed
resting on a straight foot and rising to a gently everted rim, Height 13¾ in., 35 cm
the interior with a central medallion painted in underglaze
blue with a lotus pond encircled by diaper border, the PROVENANCE
cavetto with a gilt foliate scroll beneath a further blue and Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
white diaper band, the exterior painted with a stylized scroll Due to the difficulties of firing copper red successfully,
issuing broad leaves, the rim with a band of double helix ceramics painted with underglaze red designs are
accented with gilt dots in the negative space, the cobalt comparatively rare. The present vase showcases the great
designs at the interior and exterior executed with stippled technical advances of the High Qing dynasty that enabled
and cross-hatched details, the base with a four-character the success of this vibrant decorative mode. Compare a
hall mark reading Caixiutang zhi within a double circle in related tianqiuping with similar dragon decoration but with a
underglaze blue band of petal lappets at the base and bands of lingzhi scroll
Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.8 cm and trefoils at the mouth rim, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu,
See a closely related bowl recently sold in our Hong vol. 12, Tokyo, 1955, pl. 61. A similarly decorated bottle vase
Kong rooms, 26th May 2021, lot 355. For a Ming dynasty in the collection of Queen Elizabeth II, illustrated in John
prototype of this design, compare one illustrated in Minji Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection
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meihin zuroku Kobu-yo, Eiraku-yo, Sentoku-yo [lllustrated of Her Majesty the Queen, vol. 1, London, 2016, pl. 449.
catalogue of important Ming porcelains. Hongwu, Yongle and Compare one more related tianqiuping with a band of lappets
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Xuande wares], Tokyo, 1977, pl. 106. above the foot and lingzhi scroll at the mouth, sold first at
Christie’s New York, 10th November 1981, lot 276 and then
$ 10,000-15,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 7th May 2002, lot 578.
清十八世紀 青花描金卷草蓮塘盌 $ 20,000-30,000
《彩秀堂製》款
清十八世紀 釉裏紅雲龍趕珠紋天球瓶 136
來源：
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 收藏
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