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122 AN EXTREMELY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A PHOENIX
HAN DYNASTY
漢 銅鎏金朱雀
solidly cast, the mythical bird cast standing with its wings folded back against its body and its tail fanned out behind it in five
broad plumes, the head held high and clasping a ‘pearl’ in its open beak, the face with bulging eyes beneath a crested crown,
the sturdy legs terminating in large upturned talons, the surface incised with feather markings, with an circular loop to the
back of the neck, wood stand (2)
Length 5¼ in., 13.4 cm
$ 80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE 來源
C.T. Loo, New York, 12th June 1946. 盧芹齋，紐約，1946年6月12日
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
LITERATURE 出版
‘Oak Park Resident Keeps Priceless Collection of Oriental 〈Oak Park Resident Keeps Priceless Collection of Oriental
Art in Bomb Shelter’, Chicago Tribune, 7th September Art in Bomb Shelter〉，《芝加哥論壇報》，1952年9月7日，
1952, part III, p. 1. 部III，頁1
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