ID 861915
Lot 2964 | A RARE LARGE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'MASTER OF THE ROCKS’ DISH
Estimate value
HKD 150 000 – 200 000
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The deep-sided dish is finely decorated on the interior with pencilled lines and blue wash, depicting pavilions set within a mountainous landscape, where details of leaves and furniture inside pavilions are highlighted in copper-red, all below a single-line border at the rim.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam.
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. 89, no. 106
Sir M. Butler, 'Chinese Porcelain at the Beginning of the Qing,’ Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1984-1985, vol. 49, London, 1986, pp. 11-39, pl. 30
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 138, no. 87
J. B. Curtis, Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century: Landscapes, Scholars' Motifs and Narratives, New York, 1995, pp. 68-69, no. 17
Sir M. Butler and Q. Wang, Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collections: Beauty's Enchantment, Shanghai, 2006, pp. 210-211 , no. 69
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 408, pl. III.4.57
Exhibited
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarde, Netherlands, Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683: A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, 1986
Travelling exhibition to 12 museums in the United States, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990
China Institute Gallery, New York, Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century: Landscapes, Scholars' Motifs and Narratives, 22 April- 5 August 1995
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 |
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Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
Historical era: | Kangxi period |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Category: | Dishes and trays |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
Applied technique: | Pottery |
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Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
Historical era: | Kangxi period |
Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Category: | Dishes and trays |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Plates & Dishes |
Address of auction |
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