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PROPERTY FROM THE BUTLER FAMILY COLLECTION
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘MASTER OF THE ROCKS’ BRUSH POT
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘MASTER OF THE ROCKS’ BRUSH POT
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The brush pot is decorated with a continuous mountainous riverscape scene depicting two figures traversing the river on a sampan, with a few other figures on the promontory, all between two narrow geometric borders. The base is inscribed with four characters reading yu tang jia qi, 'precious vessel for the Jade Hall’.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The brush pot is decorated with a continuous mountainous riverscape scene depicting two figures traversing the river on a sampan, with a few other figures on the promontory, all between two narrow geometric borders. The base is inscribed with four characters reading yu tang jia qi, 'precious vessel for the Jade Hall’.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, ‘The Butler Family collection – Supplement to the 1990 Catalogue', Collections Baur, no. 58, Autumn-Winter 1994, pp. 5-64, pl. 16
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 458, pl. III.4.127a,b
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 458, pl. III.4.127a,b
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