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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION 㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ戭偶䔓䏢䐗ầ⎌⢼漵䲳㯜䙪
AN ARCHAISTIC PAINTED ENAMEL WATERPOT ˪Ḧ昮⸜墥˫㫦
QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD
Ը๕
of compressed cylindrical form, the rounded shoulder NagataniĭġIncį炻剅≈⒍炻1952⸜11㚰1㖍
surmounted by a short galleried rim, the metal body Þ nely ⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾġĩ1978⸜必Īġ㓞啷
enameled with a central band of four pairs of bright blue
confronting kuilong divided by abstracted taotie, set between
rows of leiwen and a yellow, pink and blue sti" leaf foliate
border encircling the shoulder, all on a ground of pale
turquoise, the interior and base white-enameled, the base
with a four-character mark within a double square in red
enamel
Diameter 2 ¼ in., 5.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1st November 1952.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 6,000-8,000

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