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PROPERTY FROM THE BUTLER FAMILY COLLECTION
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
Details
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The cylindrical body is decorated with three birds at play amidst blossoming flower branches and bamboo, and three other birds in flight, all below the incised decorative band near the waisted neck and a row of downward lappets at the rim.
16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) high
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The cylindrical body is decorated with three birds at play amidst blossoming flower branches and bamboo, and three other birds in flight, all below the incised decorative band near the waisted neck and a row of downward lappets at the rim.
16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, pp. 156-157, no. 104
M. Butler, J. B. Curtis and S. Little, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, Seattle and London, 2002, pp. 136, no. 28
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 300, pl. III.3.47a-c
M. Butler, J. B. Curtis and S. Little, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, Seattle and London, 2002, pp. 136, no. 28
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 300, pl. III.3.47a-c
Exhibited
Travelling exhibition to 12 museums in the United States, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990
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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Marco Almeida (安偉達)
SVP, Senior International Specialist, Head of Department & Head of Private Sales