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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION | 瓊肯珍藏重要中國藝術

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOWL 清嘉慶 碧玉盌 「嘉慶年製」刻款
JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1796-1820) 來源:
Nagatani, Inc.，芝加哥，1959年10月30日。
The bowl has rounded sides that flare at the rim and is raised on a ring 史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
foot that surrounds the mark carved on the base. The semi-translucent
stone of bright green color is suffused with blackish-green markings.
The Jiaqing mark on the base of this bowl indicates that
6¡ in. (16.1 cm.) diam. it was made for the Qing court, probably as part of a
set of jade vessels used at imperial feasts. A green jade
$40,000-60,000
bowl with Qianlong mark, most likely made for the same
purpose, is illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji - 6 - Qing,
PROVENANCE:
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 30 October 1959. Hebei, 1994, p. 30, pl. 49. See, also, the green jade bowl
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection. with Qianlong mark illustrated in The Woolf Collection
of Chinese Jade, London, 2013, p. 82, no.4.

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