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A WUCAI JAR AND COVER 十七世紀 五彩庭院嬰戲圖蓋罐 A WUCAI ‘FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY’ DISH 明嘉靖 五彩蝶戀花紋盌
17TH CENTURY JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD
《大明嘉靖年製》款
of baluster form, rising from a gently spreading foot to of square shape, robustly potted with wide flaring sides
a broad shoulder, waisted neck and a slightly lipped rim, raised on a slightly tapered foot, the interior painted with 來源
painted with a continuous scene of elegantly attired ladies four butterflies hovering above large blooming peonies
watching over young boys at play in a grand garden setting, issuing from leafy branches beside a large garden rock, 倫敦佳士得1985年6月14日，編號437
the neck encircled with a band of leafy floral blossoms, the surrounded by four petal-shaped cartouches each enclosing
domed cover painted with phoenixes in flight surmounted by a dragon in flight at the cavetto, the exterior similarly 展覽
a knobbed finial decorated, the base inscribed with a six-character reign 《求知雅集珍藏•中國古陶瓷展》，香港中文大學文
(2) mark in underglaze blue 物館，香港，1981年，編號101
Height 35 cm, 13¾ in. Width 17.3 cm, 6¾ in.

‡ £ 6,000-8,000 PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 14th June 1985, lot 437.
EXHIBITED
Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of
the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art, Art Gallery, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 101.
‡ £ 8,000-12,000

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