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propertY From the JUnKUnC CoLLeCtIon this charming box is notable for its painted 清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯皮球花紋蓋
A PAINTED ENAMEL ‘FLOWER BALL’ motif of overlapping flower balls, which may 《乾隆年製》款
BOX AND COVER derive from Japanese heraldic symbols.
Compare a similarly painted Qianlong mark and
QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD period box and cover of globular form, from the 來源
Love Collection, sold at Christie’s new York, 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
the circular box and cover vibrantly painted
with colorful flower balls and small florets, all 20th september 2005, lot 122. Flower balls are
also painted on three vases and three teapots
in famille-rose enamels against a crisp white in the palace museum, Beijing, illustrated in
ground, the cover centered with a large pink
bloom, the box with a band of scrolls encircling the Compendium of Collections in the Palace
the foot, the rims and foot ring gilt, the interior Museum. Enamels; Painted Enamels in the Qing
Dynasty, vol. 5, Beijing, 2011, pls 57-59 and
enameled turquoise, the base inscribed in black 112-114.
enamel with a four-character mark within a
double square (2) $ 8,000-12,000
Diameter 2½ in., 6.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

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