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Fig. 3 Lot 241 in this sale illustrated in the auction
catalogue Objets d’Art de Chine appartenant au
Marquis de Ganay, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7th May 1952,
lot 56.
圖三 本場拍賣編號241，載於拍賣圖錄《Objets d'Art
de Chine appartenant au Marquis de Ganay》，Hôtel
Drouot，巴黎，1952年5月7日，編號56

The 1950s witnessed perhaps the most fervent period of buying activity for Stephen Junkunc, when
he continued to make large acquisitions from Nagatani and Frank Caro, the successor of C.T. Loo, as
well as from Alice Boney and Warren E. Cox in New York, and Barling of Mount Street Ltd., in London.
Unfortunately for Junkunc, this decade of buying coincided with the Korean War and restrictions placed
by the American government on importing Chinese works of art into America. No works were permitted
to be imported into the country unless it could be proven that they had not been in the hands of a
national of China since 17th December 1950. Whilst these restrictions did, with the encouragement of
John Sparks, encourage Junkunc to diversify his collection into non-Chinese works of art, an auction in
Paris in 1952 presented him with an opportunity he could not afford to miss. The sale of the collection of
the Marquis de Ganay held at the Hôtel Drouot in May 1952 included a dazzling array of ancient Chinese
art. Junkunc was successful in acquiring six lots from the sale (two of which are offered in this auction,
lots 241 and 234) (fig. 3) but endured multiple failed attempts to import them into the United States.

瓊肯先生對於中國藝術品的狂熱在1950年代達到了 一律不得進口美國。正因如此，又加上John Sparks
巔峰。他不僅從 Nagatani 及弗蘭克•卡羅（盧芹齋 的建議，瓊肯三世逐漸開始關注一些非中國的藝術品
的繼任者）處大量收購，也從紐約的愛麗絲•龐耐及 類。但在1952年5月，加奈侯爵收藏上拍於巴黎的
Warren E. Cox、倫敦的 Barling of Mount Street, Ltd. Hōtel Drouot，呈現一批極為精美的中國高古藝術
等知名古董商處持續購買。但此時期正值朝鮮戰爭， 品，這是一場瓊肯先生無法錯過的拍賣。先生最終成
美國政府對中國藝術品進口管控嚴格，除非能證明其 功競得六件拍品（其中兩件即為本場拍賣編號241及
自1950年12月17日之後的擁有者非中國國籍，否則 234）（圖三）。此後，他不得不花費大量的精力及

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