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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 SMALL BRONZE BIRD-FORM FITTING A SMALL GILT-BRONZE CENSER AND COVER
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The hollow-cast phoenix is shown with its head turned backwards above The bowl of the censer is encircled by three bowstring bands interrupted
the wings, the talons are horizontally pierced and the neck has recesses by two mask and loop handles, and the decoration of the pierced cover is
for inlay. formed by three tigers biting each others tails, all surrounding a central
four-petaled flower motif that forms the base of a small loop.
1æ in. (4.4 cm.) long
4æ in. (12 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection. PROVENANCE:
Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, 1 August 1957.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
春秋 公元前六至五世紀 銅鳥型飾
來源: 漢 鎏金銅虎紋蓋爐
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
來源:
Heeramaneck藝廊，紐約，1957年8月1日。
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。

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