ID 861913
Los 2970 | A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'DRAGON’ VASE
Schätzwert
HKD 800 000 – 1 200 000
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The slightly tapered body is decorated on the exterior with nine writhing four-clawed dragons amidst flames, their eyes highlighted in underglaze blue. The dragons are arranged in pairs confronting one another, with the exception of a smaller one on the short trumpet neck chasing a flaming pearl. The base is inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue.
17 in. (43.1 cm.) high
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. 91, no. 120
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. 43
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 200, no. 140
Sir M. Butler and Q. Wang, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections: Beauty's Enchantment, Shanghai, 2006, pp. 294-295, no. 109
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 466, pl. III.4.140
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
Shanghai Museum, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections: Beauty's Enchantment, 1 December 2005- 28 February 2006
| Angewandte Technik: | Töpferei |
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| Material: | Keramik, Porzellan |
| Historische Ära: | Kangxi-Periode |
| Herkunftsort: | China, Ostasien, Asien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten, Vasen und Gefäße |
| Angewandte Technik: | Töpferei |
|---|---|
| Material: | Keramik, Porzellan |
| Historische Ära: | Kangxi-Periode |
| Herkunftsort: | China, Ostasien, Asien |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Alle anderen Arten von Objekten, Vasen und Gefäße |
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