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TIANQI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1621-1627)
Details
A RARE ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE SAUCER DISH
TIANQI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1621-1627)
The interior is decorated with blossoming chrysanthemum branches and a butterfly in flight above a seven-character poetic inscription, all within a single line border at the rim.
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
TIANQI FOUR-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1621-1627)
The interior is decorated with blossoming chrysanthemum branches and a butterfly in flight above a seven-character poetic inscription, all within a single line border at the rim.
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, 'Chinese Porcelain at the End of the Ming', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1983- 84, vol. 48, London, 1985, pp. 33-62, pl. 22 (part)
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 152, pl. III.1.226
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 152, pl. III.1.226
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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Marco Almeida (安偉達)
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