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A BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE

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HKD 403 200
Auction dateClassic
29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 861975
Lot 2939 | A BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
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





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



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
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramics, Porcelain
Historical era:Qing Dynasty
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Vases and vessels
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