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propertY From the JUnKUnC CoLLeCtIon 清十九世紀 端石雕「平安綏福」 守口如瓶 防意如城 敬錄宋富鄭公語用以
A RARE INSCRIBED ‘DUAN’ STONE 瓶 自箴 南星氏製
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QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 題識： 印文：瑞昌 長白舊族
嘉慶甲戌元旦富春 董柘林相國曾拜端石
of flattened baluster form, inscribed to one 御瓶之賜 越六十年流傳粵東 癸酉嘉平 余 來源
side with four characters in red reading ping 得見於端州郡署 雲龍文采刻鏤極精 尚方 Nagatani，芝加哥，1968年12月2日
an sui fu (‘peace and fortune’), above a large 珍玩 信非尋常 所得而有且花甲一周 適符 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
panel enclosing a long dated inscription, signed 歲序 遇合之奇 良可幸也 爰命工人取中洞
rui Chang of Changbai and dated 13th year
of tongzhi, corresponding to 1874, followed 佳石 依式仿作 款識悉遵舊製 並錄宋富鄭
by a two-character seal reading Rui Chang, 公語於左 用致嘉祥兼自勗焉 同治十三年
reserved on a ground of dense scrolling clouds, 歲次甲戌元旦長白瑞昌偶識
the other side with a scaly dragon striding
amid clouds above mountains and a walled
city, with a further inscription and signed Nan
Xing shi zhi (‘made by nan Xing’), followed by
a four-character seal reading Changbai jiuzu
(‘the old family of Changbai’), the narrow
sides each decorated with five bats among
scrolling clouds, all below pendent plantain
leaves encircling the neck and a band of keyfret
around the rim, the interior mouth carved in
relief with three bats in flight
height 9⅞ in., 25 cm

PROVENANCE
nagatani, Chicago, 2nd December 1968.
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
$ 10,000-15,000

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