A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWER BASKET’ BASIN - photo 1
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A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWER BASKET’ BASIN

Lot 3048
30.11.2023 11:15UTC +08:00
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HKD 693 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1076137
Lot 3048 | A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWER BASKET’ BASIN
Estimate value
HKD 150 000 – 250 000
A RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWER BASKET’ BASIN

TIANQI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1621-1627)

12 7⁄8 in. (32.7 cm.) diam.





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. 40-41, no. 5

Sir M. Butler and Q. Wang, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections: Beauty's Enchantment, Shanghai, 2006, pp. 66-67, no. 3

T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 88, pl. III.1.35



Exhibited

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
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Porcelain
Historical era:Ming dynasty
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Category:Wash basin
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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