A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE VASE

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29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
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ID 861837
Lot 2952 | A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE VASE
A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE VASE

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
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