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A RARE FINELY-PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE PROVENANCE
‘LANDSCAPE’ CUP Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD This delicate cup is an outstanding example of the high level
of skill of porcelain artists working at Jingdezhen during
Þ nely potted, of beaker form, supported on a tall straight
the Kangxi period. Despite the small surface of the cup,
foot, the steep, gently ß aring sides rising to an everted rim, the craftsman has successfully evoked the depth of the
the exterior superbly painted in shades of underglaze blue landscape by skillfully using inky washes of underglaze blue
with a continuous scene depicting a procession of bullock in techniques reminiscent of ink painting. Another Kangxi
carts approaching the gates of a walled city, the surrounding
mark and period cup of the same subject, possibly the pair to
landscape Þ nely detailed with washy dots, with faint washes the present cup, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London,
above suggesting the peaks of a mountain range in the
is illustrated in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics. Porcelain of the
background, all enclosed within double line borders, the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, Chicago, 1998, pl. 41.
interior with a circular medallion enclosing two huts within a
landscape, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze $ 10,000-15,000
blue
Height 3 in., 7.6 cm 㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺剙❶斄恲刚⚾ẘ揀⺷䙫
˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
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⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION 13