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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION PROVENANCE
A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE AND Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
GILT ‘FLORAL’ WINE CUPS EXHIBITED
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, circa 1952
each delicately potted with broad rounded (on loan).
sides, the exterior painted in polychrome
enamels with gnarled rockwork and a garden $ 15,000-20,000
in bloom, the stone and foliage rendered in two
tones of green, the peony and prunus blossoms
in iron red and gilt, the trunk of the prunus tree 清康熙 五彩描金花石圖小盃
naturalistically colored with a grayish-aubergine
wash and extending over the mouth of the 一對
cup, its spindly branches spreading across the
interior and issuing further buds and flowers, 來源
tiny butterflies fluttering nearby (2) 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Diameter 2⅞ in., 7.3 cm
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芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，約1952年
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