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TIANQI PERIOD (1621-1627)
Details
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'PEONY’ DISH
TIANQI PERIOD (1621-1627)
The dish is decorated on the interior with a central peony blossom, encircled by a key-fret band on the cavetto, and a diaper border on the everted rim. The exterior is decorated with two peach branches, and the base is inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark.
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diam.
TIANQI PERIOD (1621-1627)
The dish is decorated on the interior with a central peony blossom, encircled by a key-fret band on the cavetto, and a diaper border on the everted rim. The exterior is decorated with two peach branches, and the base is inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark.
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. 29, no. 16
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 149, pl. III.1.197
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 149, pl. III.1.197
Exhibited
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarde, Netherlands, Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683: A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, 1986
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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