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TWO BLUE AND WHITE ‘BIRD’ SEAL 㮹⚳ġġġ䌳㬍ἄ曺剙晨沍⚾⌘㲍䙺ℑẞ
PASTE BOXES AND COVERS
˪栀倆⏦忶ᷳ滳˫㫦
REPUBLIC PERIOD, BY WANG BU
Ը๕
both of compressed circular form and similarly
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷
decorated, each meticulously painted in varying
tones of underglaze blue, the Þ rst with a bird
perching on rockwork, the box with two Þ sh
swimming among waterweed; the second
with a bird ß uttering amid grasses, the box
with a detached ß ower spray, both with the
artist’s studio mark inscribed to the base
reading yuanwen wuguo zhizhai (‘the Studio of
Recognizing My Mistakes’) (4)
Diameter 2⅞ in., 7.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 20,000-30,000
PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION 35
