A Late Ming Kraak Ware Blue and White Porcelain Dish

Late Ming, Wanli to Chongzhen c.1600 - 1630

A Late Ming Kraak Ware Saucer Shaped Blue and White Porcelain Dish c.1600 – 1630. This dish is painted with auspicious objects tied with ribbons, this includes a double gourd vase with a leaf resting on top of it. The cavetto of this fairly thickly potted Kraak porcelain dish has ten panels filled with auspicious objects including ; two conch shell with ribbons, a fan and a two leaves with ribbons, there are also four stylised peaches. The base has grit adhering to the glaze. The grit was used to stop the piece sticking in the glaze firing. The colour of the cobalt blue is medium range with a slight grey hue.

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Condition: A small chip to the back of the rim and one to the front, minor fritting. See Photograph Gallery for photographs of the chips.
Size: Diameter 30 cm (7.89 inches) Depth 3.8 cm (1.5 inches)
Provenance: From a Dutch Private Collection.
Stock number: 27183

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A Ming Kraak Porcelain Saucer Dish c.1610 - 1630.

Robert McPherson Antiques

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A Late Ming Kraakware Saucer Shaped Dish c.1610 – 1630. The center of the dish, decorated in tones of cobalt, 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 feint chatter marks and grit adhering to the glaze. The grit was used to stop the piece sticking in the glaze firing.For more information about Kraak Ware porcelain you can go to the History section of our website-menu, or click on the link: Kraak Ware Porcelain SOLD Condition A very small glaze chip to the back, very minor friting, minor wear,a few small pieces of kiln grit stuck to the well of the dish. Size Diameter 20 cm (8 inches) Provenance An old American dealers label (discoloured) with a stock number and price. Stock number 25602 — A Late Ming Kraakware Saucer Shaped Dish c.1610 – 1630. The center of the dish, decorated in tones of cobalt, 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 feint chatter marks and grit adhering to the glaze. The grit was used to stop the piece sticking in the glaze firing.
For more information about Kraak Ware porcelain you can go to the History section of our website-menu, or click on the link: Kraak Ware Porcelain
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Condition
A very small glaze chip to the back, very minor friting, minor wear,a few small pieces of kiln grit stuck to the well of the dish.
Size
Diameter 20 cm (8 inches)
Provenance
An old American dealers label (discoloured) with a stock number and price.
Stock number
25602

Ming Kraak Porcelain Dishes Depicted in 17th Century European Paintings.

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). Kraak ware dish.