Butler Collection Chinese Ceramics

A selection from the michael butler collection with barbara harrisson princessehof ceramics museum 1986 seventeenth century jingdezhen porcelain from the shanghai museum and the butler collections.

Butler collection chinese ceramics. Woven together they represent a wish for long life explains gristina. Guest gray also deals in antique japanese porcelain lacquer metalwork and ivory. Legal battle over margaret thatcher aide s 8m ming porcelain collection. The film was ma.

Butler chinese porcelain collection to be divided. Sir michael butler was a trusted adviser to thatcher in the 1980s. Fine chinese ceramics and works of art 29th march 2006 no. Image caption the collection of 17th century pots is housed in a purpose built private museum in mapperton.

Late ming chinese ceramics. Chinese export ceramics chinese export ceramics are highly valued and collectible. The collection largely consists of chinese porcelain and works of art from the han through to the qing dynasties with a particular emphasis on ming ceramics kangxi blue and white porcelain famille verte porcelain and famille rose porcelain. While the symbolism would be evident to chinese collectors if it happened to appear on a piece of export porcelain it is unlikely that westerners would have understood the meaning.

Sold by christie s new york in their auction of the collection of evelyn annenberg hall. A similar bowl in the qing court collection is illustrated in the complete collection of treasures of the palace museum beijing monochrome porcelain volume 37 no. This beautiful book tells the story of chinese ceramics exported to europe the middle east and southeast asia from the 14th to the 19th centuries through the v a s extensive and celebrated collection. The finest collection of 17th century chinese pots in the world has been broken up after a bitter battle that split the family of late british diplomat michael butler the man who amassed it.

An arts charity says it will not step in to save an internationally famous collection of chinese porcelain at the centre of a family feud. Another popular motif in chinese porcelains is the carp. Butler chinese porcelain collection to be divided.