ID 1076156
Lot 3016 | AN ENAMELLED ‘IMMORTAL AND CRANES’ DISH
Estimate value
HKD 30 000 – 50 000
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
The base is inscribed with a four-character inscription reading tianxia taiping, ‘peace under heaven’.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Butler Family Collection, UK
Literature
Sir M. Butler, 'Chinese Porcelain at the End of the Ming', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1983- 84, vol. 48, London, 1985, pp. 33-62, pl. 21 (one)
Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990, p. 63, no. 25
T. Canepa and K. Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate- The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, London, 2021, p. 120, pl. III.1.86
Exhibited
Travelling exhibition to 12 museums in the United States, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, 1990
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Chongzhen 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: | Chongzhen 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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