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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
856
A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED AMPHORA, LIUYE ZUN
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase has an elegant, tapering, high-shouldered body and
is covered in a glaze of rich crushed strawberry-red color.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) high

$120,000-180,000
PROVENANCE:
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.
The shape of this vase is sometimes described as liuye zun,
'willow-leaf vase', owing to its elegant form which resembles
that of a willow leaf. It is also known as Guanyin ping,
referring to the shape of the vase held by many figures of
Guanyin, and said to contain ambrosia or magic elixir. It is
one of the ba da ma or 'Eight Great Numbers', eight specific
vessels covered in a peachbloom glaze.
Similar Kangxi-marked amphoras are in major institutions
worldwide including the Palace Museum, Beijing; the
Shanghai Museum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York; the National Palace Museum, Taipei; and the
Baur Collection, Geneva. See, also, the example sold at
Christie's New York, 15 September 2016, lot 918, from The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and formerly in the Mary
Stillman Harkness (1874-1952) Collection. See, also, a
similar example from the Anna Maria and Stephen Kellen
Foundation, sold at Christie’s New York, 14-15 September
2017, lot 1230.

清康熙 豇豆紅釉柳葉尊 六字楷書款
來源:
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。

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