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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC
COLLECTION
TONGBAN XIQING GUJIAN [COPPER-
PLATE ENGRAVINGS OF CATALOGUE
OF CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES
IN THE COLLECTION OF THE
QIANLONG EMPEROR], 22 VOLS., 1888
each volume thread bound, reprinted from
Xiqing gujian [Catalogue of Chinese ritual
bronzes in the collection of the Qianlong
Emperor] Þ rst published in 1793, each entry
with a woodcut illustration of the object and a
description in Chinese including dimensions
and weight (22)
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 10,000-15,000
˪戭䇰大㶭⎌揹˫炻Ḵ⋩Ḵ
⌟炻1888⸜
184
柴姀烉
⃱䵺⋩⚃⸜怩⬳㚠棐⛐㖍㛔戭揓
Ը๕
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC
COLLECTION
UMEHARA SUEJI, SHINA KODO
SEIKA / SELECTED RELICS OF
ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES
FROM COLLECTIONS IN EUROPE
AND AMERICA, VOLS. 1, 2, 5, AND 6,
OSAKA, 1933
Yamanaka & Company, original olive-colored
cloth with green stylized painted design, ties
on spine, silk label inscribed in Chinese, text in
Chinese, Japanese and English with black and
white illustrations (4)
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 3,000-5,000
㠭⍇㛓㱣炻˪㫸䰛吸⃚㓗恋⎌戭
䱦厗˫炻⌟ᶨˣḴˣḼ⍲ℕ炻⣏
旒炻1933⸜
Ը๕
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷
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