A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘KRAAK’ BOWL, Wanli (1572 – 1620)
Diameter: 14.5cm; 5 ¾ ins.
BH59
BH59
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Of circular form with foliate rim and deep sides, decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue, painted to the centre with a scene of a scholar seated on a rock...
Of circular form with foliate rim and deep sides, decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue, painted to the centre with a scene of a scholar seated on a rock beside a late, a lotus in bloom nearby, the cavetto with four wide quatrefoil cartouches, each enclosing a floral sprig, the flattened rim with four panels containing further blooms alternating with tasselled ruyi and wan characters, the reverse with four further freely sketched panels, the base glazed.
Literature
For a bowl of similar design, except the scholar is accompanied by an attendant holding a fan, see: Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain: a Moment in the History of Trade (1989), p.128, pl. 139. This bowl formed part of The Butler Collection.
