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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 RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET 元/明 青褐玉爵
JADE TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE
來源:
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
Made in imitation of a bronze jue, the vessel is raised on three blade-
shaped supports and is carved with a band of leiwen, composed of two
rows of scrolls between narrow borders of circles, that terminates either
side of the loop handle. Two posts with C-scroll-carved caps rise from the
rim. The semi-translucent stone of pale green color has areas of russet
and opaque white mottling.
6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) high

$50,000-70,000
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

The shape and decoration of this well-carved jade jue are based on
bronze prototypes. The decorative band on the present jue is very
similar to that of a bronze jue, dated early Western Zhou,illustrated by
Wu Zhengfeng in a line drawing in Shang Zhou qingtong qi (Shang and
Zhou Bronzes: Inscriptions and Images Album), vol. 17, Shanghai, p. 15,
no. 08443, where one can see the same arrangement of two rows of
scrolls between borders of circles.

(detail)

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