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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC
COLLECTION
A ‘QIANGJIN’ AND ‘TIANQI’ LACQUER
‘SCHOLAR’ DISH
WANLI MARK AND PERIOD
with shallow rounded sides, decorated in
polychrome lacquer with a central roundel
enclosing a seated scholar ß anked by
attendants and entertained by a dancing
monkey, all within a garden setting, framed by
scrolling lotus at the well, the exterior with a
band of peony spray, traces of gilding to the
incised lines, the base lacquered red, the six-
character reign mark incised and gilt, Japanese
wood box (3)
Diameter 8½ in., 21.6cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 15,000-25,000
㖶叔㙮ġġġ㇏慹⠓㺮檀⢓⚾䚌
˪⣏㖶叔㙮⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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258

PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC
COLLECTION
A RARE ‘QIANGJIN’ AND ‘TIANQI’
LACQUER PEACH-FORM BOX AND
COVER
LATE MING DYNASTY

well constructed, the rounded fruit form,
delicately decorated in polychrome lacquer and
gilt incisions to the cover with a three-clawed
dragon writhing amid clouds in pursuit of a
‘ß aming pearl’, the box decorated with peaches,
corals, and craggy mountains emerging from
tumultuous sea, the base with a later incised
six-character Wanli mark (2)
Diameter 2⅞ in., 7.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 8,000-12,000
㖶㛓ġġġ㇏慹⠓㺮㴟㯜暚漵崽䎈䲳⢥
㟫⼊味䙺
258 ˪⣏㖶叔㙮⸜墥˫⼴≈㫦
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⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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