A LARGE CHINESE KRAAK DISH, 万历年间 (1573 – 1619)
Diameter: 45.8 cm; 19in
Further images
Decorated in underglaze blue, painted with two birds on a rock next to foliage, surrounded by a swastika and fish-scale diaper separated by ruyi-heads, the rounded cavetto with panels filled...
Decorated in underglaze blue, painted with two birds on a rock next to foliage, surrounded by a swastika and fish-scale diaper separated by ruyi-heads, the rounded cavetto with panels filled with precious objects and sunflowers. The underside has panels enclosing flowers.
Literature
For a similar example see Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain,London 1989, pl.90 p.101. See also Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 1997), pl.40 p.59.
