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PROPERTY FROM THE BUTLER FAMILY COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The cylindrical body is decorated with two magpies perched on a branch next to a blossoming peony branch, rocks and bamboo, with two other magpies in flight nearby. The waisted neck is further decorated with two leafy sprays.
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The cylindrical body is decorated with two magpies perched on a branch next to a blossoming peony branch, rocks and bamboo, with two other magpies in flight nearby. The waisted neck is further decorated with two leafy sprays.
10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 126, no. 92
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 156, no. 103
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 360, pl. III.3.109
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 156, no. 103
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 360, pl. III.3.109
Exhibited
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, 29 January - 29 March 1981
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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