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PROPERTY FROM THE BUTLER FAMILY COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE BRUSH POT
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The cylindrical brush pot is decorated on the exterior with a continuous landscape scene depicting a figure riding a horse, one grooming another horse, and a third figure leading a horse by its rein beneath a willow tree, all between two scroll borders. The base is inscribed with a two-character mark reading qingwan, 'for pure pleasure’.
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The cylindrical brush pot is decorated on the exterior with a continuous landscape scene depicting a figure riding a horse, one grooming another horse, and a third figure leading a horse by its rein beneath a willow tree, all between two scroll borders. The base is inscribed with a two-character mark reading qingwan, 'for pure pleasure’.
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, 'Chinese Porcelain at the End of the Ming', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1983- 84, vol. 48, London, 1985, pp. 33-62, pl. 7
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. 89, no. 107
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 141, no. 90
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 413, pl. III.4.62a-c
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. 89, no. 107
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 141, no. 90
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 413, pl. III.4.62a-c
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 12 museums in the United States, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990
Travelling exhibition to 12 museums in the United States, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990
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