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PROPERTY FROM THE BUTLER FAMILY COLLECTION
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘MASTER OF THE ROCKS’ DISH
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘MASTER OF THE ROCKS’ DISH
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The dish is with rounded sides rising to an everted rim, decorated on the interior with a figure in a boat traversing a river, with pavilions and rocky mountains on the riverbanks, all within a border of fruiting branches. The exterior and base are further decorated with fruiting peach sprays.
11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm.) diam.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The dish is with rounded sides rising to an everted rim, decorated on the interior with a figure in a boat traversing a river, with pavilions and rocky mountains on the riverbanks, all within a border of fruiting branches. The exterior and base are further decorated with fruiting peach sprays.
11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 145, no. 94
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 459, pl. III.4.129
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 459, pl. III.4.129
Exhibited
Travelling exhibition to 12 museums in the United States, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990
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