A Late Ming Kraak Ware Porcelain Dish

Late Ming, Wanli to Chongzhen c.1610 - 1630

A Late Ming Kraakware saucer Shaped Dish c.1610 – 1630. The center of the dish, decorated in inky blue cobalt, is decorated with a grasshopper on a rock next to a flowering peony. The cavetto of this thickly potted Kraak porcelain dish has ten peach shaped panels filled with flowers, peaches and auspicious objects. The base has clear chatter marks and quite allot of grit adhering to the glaze. The grit was used to stop the piece sticking in the glaze firing.

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Condition
Minor friting, two pieces of kiln grit stuck to the well of the dish.
Size
Diameter 21.1 cm (8 1/4 inches)
Provenance
R and G McPherson Antiques. The J. Johnston Collection, item 341 (label to the base).
Stock number
23624-1

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Information

Still Life including Kraak Porcelain. Jacob van Hulsdonck (Antwerp), 1582 – 1647. Sotheby’s
Still Life including Kraak Porcelain. Jacob van Hulsdonck (Antwerp), 1582 – 1647. Sotheby’s

 

Frans Snijders Still-Life including Kraak bowls. 1612-13 Oil on panel, 55 x 85 cm Private collection
Frans Snijders Still-Life including Kraak bowls.
1612-13
Oil on panel, 55 x 85 cm
Private collection
Giovanna Garzoni, a painter and miniaturist from Marche (1600 - 1670).
Giovanna Garzoni, a painter and miniaturist from Marche (1600 - 1670). Kraak ware dish.