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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC
COLLECTION
TWO SILK KESI FRAGMENTS
MOUNTED AS A HANGING SCROLL
YUAN - QING DYNASTY
comprising a silk roundel centered with a large
peony blossom borne on a leafy branch and
surrounded by further foliate branches laden
with six resplendent blooms and new buds,
traces of green and black pigment, Yuan / Ming
dynasty; and a rectangular fragment centered
with a pendent peony blossom suspended
from a pair of twisting vines sprouting curling
leaves and round buds, segments of the vines
creeping upward and interweaving with the
angular scrollwork at the upper corners, the
blue and green dyes preserved, Qing dynasty,
Kangxi / Yongzheng period, both mounted as a
hanging scroll
Width of larger 15¼ in.; 38.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 20,000-30,000
⃫军㶭ġġġ䶁䴚剙⋱⚾㭀䇯ℑẞġ䩳庠
Ը๕
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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