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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 256

A RARE GREEN AND BROWN JADE ARCHAISTIC PHOENIX-FORM WATERPOT, MING DYNASTY
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD

A RARE GREEN AND BROWN JADE ARCHAISTIC PHOENIX-FORM WATERPOT
MING DYNASTY
明 青玉雕鳳凰形水盂

the bird recumbent with legs neatly tucked beneath the body, its head facing forward, detailed with a short, hooked beak
and rounded eyes, surmounted by an upturned crest, its wings rendered in the form of a bird in profile with finely incised details,
its long, arched tail elaborately carved in openwork with scrolling feathers, the stone of a pale green tone variegated with russet-
brown coloration

Length 5⅛ in., 12.8 cm

Provenance
Nathan Bentz & Co., San Francisco, 3rd December 1948.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978)

來源
Nathan Bentz & Co.，舊金山，1948年12月3日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Literature
Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, New York, 1963, pl. XL-2.

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