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PROPERTY FROM THE BUTLER FAMILY COLLECTION
A FAMILLE VERTE `QILIN’ DISH
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
Details
A FAMILLE VERTE 'QILIN’ DISH
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The dish with rounded sides is decorated on the interior with a ferocious qilin surrounded by flames, looking up towards the sun. The exterior is decorated with four lingzhi above an upward lappets border around the foot.
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diam.
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The dish with rounded sides is decorated on the interior with a ferocious qilin surrounded by flames, looking up towards the sun. The exterior is decorated with four lingzhi above an upward lappets border around the foot.
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
M. Butler, B. Harrisson, and Princessehof Museum, Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683: A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 1986, p. 59, no. 65
Sir M. Butler, `Chinese Porcelain at the Beginning of the Qing,’ Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1984-1985, vol. 49, London, 1986, pp. 11-39, pl. 14
M. Butler, J. B. Curtis and S. Little, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, Seattle and London, 2002, pp. 106-107, no. 12
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 351, pl. III.3.99
Sir M. Butler, `Chinese Porcelain at the Beginning of the Qing,’ Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1984-1985, vol. 49, London, 1986, pp. 11-39, pl. 14
M. Butler, J. B. Curtis and S. Little, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, Seattle and London, 2002, pp. 106-107, no. 12
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 351, pl. III.3.99
Exhibited
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarde, Netherlands, Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683: A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, 1986
Travelling exhibition to 3 museums in the United States, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, 2002
Travelling exhibition to 3 museums in the United States, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, 2002
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