ID 861516
Lot 2957 | A SMALL UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE
Estimate value
HKD 20 000 – 30 000
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The elongated and slightly tapered body is decorated with two phoenix in flight amidst clouds and two Buddhist emblems, all between a scrolling border at the shoulder and a stylised cloud border at the foot. The neck is further decorated with a band of flames.
8 3/8 in. (22 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. 104, no. 126
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 487, pl. III.4.187
Exhibited
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarde, Netherlands, Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683: A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, 1986
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| 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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