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A MOLDED CRACKLE-GLAZED
‘LOTUS’ WATER POT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH
CENTURY
the globular body narrowing at the neck and
molded with a raised Þ llet beneath the lipped
rim, the body slip-decorated with a crane,
butterß ies, and blossoming and leaÞ ng lotus
plants, the neck with slip-painted rosettes,
covered overall in an ivory-toned glaze su" used
with craquelure
Height 2½ in., 6.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

$ 5,000-7,000
㶭⋩ℓġİġ⋩ḅᶾ䲨⇅ġġġầ⭀慱➮䘥
ᶨ嶗忋䥹䲳㯜䙪
Ը๕
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷
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A ‘GUAN’-TYPE LINGZHI-SHAPED
INK PALETTE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
modeled in the form of a lingzhi borne on a
short stem issuing two further small fungi,
covered overall in a thick grayish-celadon glaze
su" used with Þ ne evenly composed crackles
of charcoal gray, the base with eight tiny spur
marks
Width 4½ in., 11.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 5,000-7,000
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġầ⭀慱曰剅⼊䫮㍕
Ը๕
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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