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CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
Details
A WUCAI HEXAGONAL DISH
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
The dish of slightly everted rim is decorated on the interior with blooming flower branches emerging from rocks with a bird in flight. The cavetto is further decorated with three butterflies alternating with floral sprays. The base is inscribed with one character reading fu, 'fortune’.
8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) diam.
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
The dish of slightly everted rim is decorated on the interior with blooming flower branches emerging from rocks with a bird in flight. The cavetto is further decorated with three butterflies alternating with floral sprays. The base is inscribed with one character reading fu, 'fortune’.
8 1/2 in. (21.6 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, pp. 32-33, no. 24
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 157, pl. III.1.280
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 157, pl. III.1.280
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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