ID 861837
Lot 2952 | A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE VASE
Estimate value
HKD 200 000 – 300 000
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The tall facetted vase is of square section and decorated on each side with a figural scene from popular novels and plays, including scenes from The Romance of the Western Chamber and The Old Book of Tang. The shoulder is decorated with peony sprays, supporting the trumpet-form neck decorated with landscape scenes.
18 3/8 in. (46.7 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. 98, no. 116
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 476, pl. III.4.157
Exhibited
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarde, Netherlands, Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683: A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, 1986
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Kangxi period |
| 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: | Kangxi period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
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