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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC
COLLECTION
A SLIP-DECORATED BROWN-GLAZED
‘LOTUS POND’ MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD
elegantly proportioned, the body rising from
a recessed base to a gently rounded shoulder
and short trumpet neck with an everted rim,
decorated in white slip with lightly incised
details with cranes amongst sprays of ß owering
lotus blossoms issuing from large lotus leaves
and leafy waterweeds on each side, against an
iridescent co$ ee-brown glaze, the foot ring and
base applied with a clear glaze
Height 10¼ in., 26 cm
PROVENANCE
J. T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York, 9th January
1958.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 6,000-8,000
㖶叔㙮ġġġ慔慱➮䘥嶗嶗忋䥹⚾㠭䒞
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㇜㼌滳炻䲸䲬炻1958⸜1㚰9㖍
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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