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CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
Details
A SMALL ENAMELLED DODECAGONAL DISH
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
The facetted shallow dish is decorated on the interior with a deer leaping between a pine tree and a seated monkey, with a bird and a butterfly in flight, encircled by four composite flower sprays on the wall. The base is inscribed with four characters reading tianxia taiping, 'peace under heaven’.
5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) diam.
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
The facetted shallow dish is decorated on the interior with a deer leaping between a pine tree and a seated monkey, with a bird and a butterfly in flight, encircled by four composite flower sprays on the wall. The base is inscribed with four characters reading tianxia taiping, 'peace under heaven’.
5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 154, pl. III.1.249
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Marco Almeida (安偉達)
SVP, Senior International Specialist, Head of Department & Head of Private Sales