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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED
TRIPOD CENSER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY
the compressed globular body supported on
three slightly splayed legs, the shoulder with a
horizontal rib, intersected by vertical ß anges
extending to each leg, rising to a waisted neck and
a widely everted rim, applied throughout with a
smooth sage-green glaze thinning at the ridges,
the bottom of each leg left unglazed revealing the
gray stoneware body burnt russet-orange in the
Þ ring, Japanese gilt-lacquer restoration
Diameter 6⅛ in., 15.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Warren E. Cox & Associates, New York, 6th
January 1959.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 20,000-30,000 234
⋿⬳ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱櫚⺷䆸
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WarrenġEįġCoxġħġAssociates炻䲸䲬炻1959⸜1
㚰6㖍
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
A ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-GLAZED
‘DRAGON’ JAR AND A COVER
SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY

the tall ovoid body with three graduated rounded
ribs encircling the upper body, applied at the
shoulder in high relief with a powerful dragon
with long sinuous body coiled around the sides
in pursuit of a ‘ß aming pearl’, poised with mighty
paws set with outstretched talons gripped to
the surface, with ferocious gaping jaws, bulbous
eyes and long horns, the body carved with scale
pattern and ß aming mane, over a wide band
overlapping upright lotus petals, all supported
on a slightly tapered foot, the domed cover with
undulating foliate rim surmounted by a bird-
form Þ nial, covered all over in a rich blue-green
glaze, the unglazed footring and mouth rim burnt
russet-brown in the Þ ring (2)
Height 9 ½ in., 24.1 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 12,000-15,000
⋿⬳ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱層漵䲳仸惵味
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⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷
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