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SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
Details
A YELLOW-GROUND FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT BOWL
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The bowl is decorated on the exterior with three Buddhist lions amidst peony scrolls, and on the interior with lotus scrolls. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue.
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) diam.
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The bowl is decorated on the exterior with three Buddhist lions amidst peony scrolls, and on the interior with lotus scrolls. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue.
7 1/4 in. (18.5 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. 43, no. 42
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. 16
J. Ayers, M. Medly and N. Wood, Iron in the Fire- The Chinese Potters’ Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes, London, 1988, p.71, pl. 74
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 358, pl. III.3.106
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. 16
J. Ayers, M. Medly and N. Wood, Iron in the Fire- The Chinese Potters’ Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes, London, 1988, p.71, pl. 74
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 358, pl. III.3.106
Exhibited
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarde, Netherlands, Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683: A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, 1986
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Iron in the Fire- The Chinese Potters’ Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes, 10 May- 19 June 1988
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Iron in the Fire- The Chinese Potters’ Exploration of Iron Oxide Glazes, 10 May- 19 June 1988
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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