ID 861502
Lot 2934 | A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
Estimate value
HKD 400 000 – 600 000
SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)
The cylindrical body is decorated with three birds at play amidst blossoming flower branches and bamboo, and three other birds in flight, all below the incised decorative band near the waisted neck and a row of downward lappets at the rim.
16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, pp. 156-157, no. 104
M. Butler, J. B. Curtis and S. Little, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, Seattle and London, 2002, pp. 136, no. 28
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 300, pl. III.3.47a-c
Exhibited
Travelling exhibition to 12 museums in the United States, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990
Travelling exhibition to 3 museums in the United States, Treasures from an Unknown Reign: Shunzhi Porcelain 1644-1661, 2002
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, 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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