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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY TAPPER GOLDMAN 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏

Jun cups of this form are exceptionally rare. A Jun cup of similar
octagonal form and size and with a dragon-head handle, but lacking
purple splashes, is illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji – 12 - Junyao,
Shanghai/Tokyo, 1983, no. 31. A Yaozhou ‘moon-white’ cup dated
to the Jin dynasty of similar form and with a dragon-head handle,
but with shallower walls, from the Huangbao (Huangopu) kiln site,
Tongchuan city, Shaanxi province, and now in the Shaanxi Institute of
Archaeology, is illustrated by Zhang Bai (ed.) in Zhongguo chutu ciqi
quanji (Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China), vol.
15, Shanxi, Beijing, 2008, no. 179.

940 (another view)

939

Property from the Alita Davis Weaver Reed Collection Property from the Alita Davis Weaver Reed Collection
939 940
A SMALL JUN CUP AND A JUN DISH A VERY RARE PURPLE-SPLASHED JUN
NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234) OCTAGONAL CUP
The cup: 2q in. (6.3 cm.) diam. YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The dish: 4q in. (11.4 cm.) diam. 4 in. (10 cm.) wide
$8,000-12,000 $20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Samuel Craft Davis (1871-1940) Collection, St. Louis, Missouri. Samuel Craft Davis (1871-1940) Collection, St. Louis, Missouri.
William Bigler (1908-1979) and Alita Davis (1905-1988) Weaver Collection, William Bigler (1908-1979) and Alita Davis (1905-1988) Weaver Collection,
Greenwich, Connecticut. Greenwich, Connecticut.
Nathaniel Pryor (1933-2018) and Alita Davis Weaver (1941-2023) Reed Nathaniel Pryor (1933-2018) and Alita Davis Weaver (1941-2023) Reed
Collection, Jupiter Island, Florida, and thence by descent within the family. Collection, Jupiter Island, Florida, and thence by descent within the family.
阿⒤塔g戴維斯g薇荷g理德珍藏 阿⒤塔g戴維斯g薇荷g理德珍藏
٫宋 金 鈞⒋天藍釉盃及盤 元 鈞⒋玫瑰紫斑Ջ方單耳盃
Ϝ源 Ϝ源
Samuel Craft Davis（1871 1940）珍藏，聖㊌易斯，密蘇里州 Samuel Craft Davis（1871 1940）珍藏，聖㊌易斯，密蘇里州 940
William Bigler （1908 1979） 及Alita Davis 1905 1988） Weaver 伉儷珍藏， William Bigler （1908 1979） 及Alita Davis 1905 1988） Weaver 伉儷珍藏，
格林威治，康乃ṼԳ州 格林威治，康乃ṼԳ州
Nathaniel Pryor （1933 2018） 及Alita Davis Weaver （1941 2023） Reed 伉儷 Nathaniel Pryor （1933 2018） 及Alita Davis Weaver （1941 2023） Reed 伉儷
珍藏，朱庇ṁ島，ζ羅里達州， 後於家族ҷ承 珍藏，朱庇ṁ島，ζ羅里達州， 後於家族ҷ承

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