Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630

Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630 - image 1
Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630 - image 2

Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630

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Chinese blue and white kraak dish with lobed rim, Transitional Period (1620-1683), c.1630, decorated in the central roundel with sprays of flowers including chrysanthemum and peony within a border with ruyi heads, the wide rim with eight compartments, six panels containing a bird with a fruit including pomegranates and two panels with chrysanthemums.

Dimensions:

Diameter: 36cm. (14 1/8in.)

Notes:
For a similar dish see Rinaldi, Maura, Kraak Porcelain: A Moment in the History of the Trade, London 1989, pl.101.

Recommended book:

Kraak Porcelain. A Moment in the History of Time

Provenance:

Anthony du Boulay collection

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item details
Material and Technique Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
Origin Chinese
Period 17th Century
Diameter 36cm. (14 1/8in.)

Product REF: W86