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Jun bulb bowls of this form incised with the numeral san (three) are ᙏ஋ऑ卿᳍⭬卿⭬ᆨൈ䀦卿ჹᄓ卿Ӳ㫡㯔ᆨ㑷ǯऑᯒǮ⭬೅प㱈ᆃ⡠Ӭ㙣卿
considerably fewer than other numerals. Compare with three ‘numbered
three’ Jun bulb bowls of this form, one in purple (23 cm.), sold at 䀦⭬㱈䀦㞜⡠ݦॶ厎ӳ⤏Հࢦ៦卿Ӵ⤏ࢦӮ៦ǯ⫭㵓࣡㞒卿㘻㵲ᙼ㞏卿
Sotheby’s London, 9 November 2005, lot 277; three in lavender-blue, ㅏ㞏ⰰ഍㬪卿ംἃ⅌⇷⡻卿㚒♄१ㆁⰰǯᙼ㞏⯍㑷ᄓ卿ംᄓ౴ㆁⰰ㍙⫭
one sold at Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2011, lot 514 (21 cm.), the 㞏卿ॶ⤏ᝳᘒ῟⌆ǯᄓߴᙇ⏖ໃǸӲǹǯ㩠ᚚទ㫐ྉណ⏁ǯ
second from the Linyushanren collection, sold at Christie’s New York,
22 March 2019, lot 1722 (21.3 cm.). 㟕⚨䀦㞜Ӳ㑷ᰚԋᄓ㛑ߴᝳǸӲǹໃ᪪⎏׾ຽᥑݯ☮ཐǯऱἃ⅌⇷⡻㞏
⎏ǸӲǹໃ᪪䀦㞜ᰚजࣻ⩠ٳᘹ⼖༛ᬘ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᐽ㐈Ӭ։卿ᐽ
The present bulb is accompanied by double Japanese wood boxes. The
underside of the cover of the inner box is inscribed with a signature, ৅ ⽚ ݩߎ ǯऔᬘ㖅ݦ։഍⻤㞏׾ຽ卿Ӭ։ᙻ ჺ ᝲ
Fukkosai, followed by an eponymous seal. Fukkosai was the pseudonym ᚚ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ ݩߎ 厎औӬἃ⯅໩ྒྷ՞⯠⻦卿
of Matsushige Hiroda (1897-1973). Born in the town of Yatsuo (present- ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ ݩߎ ǯ
day Toyama city), Toyama prefecture, Hirota entered the world of art
dealing at the young age of twelve, and was one of the two co-founders ݤ⏁⸌ㅏᝧǸӶ໌䁗ǹ᪪㍃卿㪪ǸӶ໌䁗ǹបᙔࣇǯӶ໌䁗ἃᅓ⊏៏⥝
of the antique store Kochukyo. In Nihonbashi, Tokyo. In 1947, 1967, and Ԡߣ⽚ǯᅓ⊏៏⥝⊂ᙻᚚទ༛ྒྷ⥂㏎㛌 ի༛ྒྷႪ ǯࢦՀ
1972, he donated a total of 496 items to the Tokyo National Museum.
᫐㙊ݣऒⶸ⊤卿ᇌἃែ՗ᚚទ᧶೭ԋ཰ࠛ㗤՞ԠӬǯݯߎᙻ Ǯ
ࣿ ჺᒝ㐩ݬ ։ᙔ⁒Խែ՗இ⛁ࢷ⁒㱦ǯ

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