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A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘KINGFISHER
AND LOTUS’ VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the slender ovoid body surmounted by a
trumpet neck, boldly enameled to one side
with a kingÞ sher perched on a lotus stem rising
from a lotus pond, with furled lotus ß owers,
pads and water weeds, the other side with a
ten-character poetic inscription signed Yunqiao
in black enamel, followed by an iron-red seal
reading Zhushiju, the shoulder encircled by a
collar of prunus on a spiral green ground, with a
black-enameled leafy bamboo stem to the neck
Height 8 in., 20.3 cm
PROVENANCE
J.T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York, 9th March 1964.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 12,000-15,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑咖⠀Ἓ刚⚾娑㔯䒞
柴嬀烉
120 䳘㇯䚠㫡䵈ġ楁♲䌐䩳䲭ġ暚㧝
⌘㔯烉⯭䪡
Ը๕
㇜㼌滳炻䲸䲬炻1964⸜3㚰9㖍
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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A FAMILLE-VERTE HU-FORM VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
the pear-shaped body rising from a tall
spreading foot to a ß ared mouth with a galleried
rim, enameled around the body with four large
pendent ruyi enclosing butterß ies and ß ower
sprays, alternated with smaller ruyi containing
chrysanthemum heads, all against a stippled
pale green ground, the shoulder encircled by a
diaper band below upright plantain leaves, the
foot with a band of overlapping lappets
Height 15 ¼ in., 38.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 10,000-15,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑⤪シ攳⃱剙圞䲳䏝䏞
⮲
Ը๕
⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷

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