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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
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It is very rare to find water pots of this form covered with anything other
A VERY RARE YELLOW-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED than a peachbloom glaze. Yellow-glazed examples are particularly rare.
WATER POT, TAIBAI ZUN A closely related yellow-glazed Kangxi-period water pot in the Percival
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF David Foundation, is illustrated by R. Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious
THE PERIOD (1662-1722) Decoration, London, 1992, no. 117.
The domed body is decorated in relief with three foliated dragon roundels
below the waisted neck, and is covered overall with a vibrant, even lemon- A Kangxi mark-and-period peachbloom-glazed water pot, formerly in the
yellow glaze. collection of Emily Trevor and John B. Trevor, Jr., was sold at Christie's
Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3301, and another, from the collection of
5¿ in. (12.9 cm.) diam.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, was sold at Christie's New York, 15
September 2016, lot 915. See, also, a white-glazed example from The
$20,000-30,000
James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 24
September 2020, lot 814, and another from the Qing Court Collection is
PROVENANCE:
illustrated inThe Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -
L. Y. Lee, New York, 15 September 1937.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection. 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 122, pl. 111.

清康熙 黃釉太白尊 三行六字楷書款
來源:
L.Y. Lee, 紐約, 1937年9月15日。
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 珍藏。

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