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A RARE LAVENDER-BLUE ‘JUN’ 明初 鈞窰天藍釉鼓釘三足水仙盆
NARCISSUS BOWL
EARLY MING DYNASTY 字：
四
of circular section, the wide rounded sides gently tapering
to a flat base supported on three ruyi-shaped feet encircled 來源
by a band of evenly spaced bosses repeated between two
raised filets below the slightly incurved rim, the thick glaze Kate Sturges Buckingham ( 1858-1937 ) 收藏
of milky-lavender tone mottled with crimson-purple flecks, 1924年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，以紀念其
thinning to a mottled mushroom tone around the rim, raised 胞妹 Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920)，館藏編號
studs and ribs, and pooling attractively in rich purple tones 1924.361
on the feet, the glaze on the interior a pale lavender color
with feathery flecks of milky-blue and pale mushroom and
traces of characteristic ‘worm tracks’, the base applied with
a thin golden-brown wash, a ring of minute unglazed spur
marks, and incised with the character si (four)
Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of
her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924 (acc.
no. 1924.361).
$ 300,000-500,000

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