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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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THE ZHOU KONG ZUN 周孔尊
AN ARCHAISTIC SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID 明/清初 十四至十八世紀早期
BRONZE JAR, HU 銅錯金銀龍紋壺
MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 14TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The sides are decorated with two bands of dragon scroll within raised 銘文：「大尊彝」「孔作父己」
ropetwist borders, all above a row of pendent blades and a band of
來源:
confronted bird's heads on the tall foot, which are repeated on the neck
乾隆皇帝（1711-1799 年）收藏，入藏於1749年以前。
above a band of conjointed 'T' motifs and a pair of mask handles on the
Nagatani, Inc., 芝加哥, 1959年1月2日。
shoulder, all on a mottled ground imitating malachite encrustation.
史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
The interior of the neck is cast with two inscriptions reading da zun yi
and kong zuo fu ji. 出版:
梁詩正、蔣溥、汪由敦等奉敕撰，《西清古鑑》，清乾隆
15¿ in. (38.5 cm.) high
二十年（1755 年）武英殿刊本，卷8，頁36。
$200,000-300,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), by 1749.
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 2 January 1959.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

LITERATURE:
Liang Shizheng, Jiang Pu, Wang Youdun et al., Xiqing Gujian (Mirror of
Antiquities) [prepared in the] Xiqing [Southern Study Hall], Imperial
Printing Office in the Wuyingdian (Hall of Martial Valor), Forbidden City,
Beijing, 1755, vol. 8, p. 36.

(inscription)
Fig 1. The Junkunc inlaid bronze hu as documented in the Xiqing gujian (Mirror of
Antiquities [prepared in the] Xiqing [Southern Study Hall]), Imperial Printing Office in
the Wuyingdian (Hall of Martial Valor), Forbidden City, Beijing, 1755, vol. 8, p. 36.
圖一：本件瓊肯珍藏銅錯金銀壺載錄於清乾隆二十年（1755年）武英殿刊本《西清古鑒》，
卷8，頁36。