A Late Ming Kraak Ware Porcelain Dish

Late Ming, Wanli to Chongzhen c.1610 - 1630

A Late Ming Kraakware Shaped Dish, Jingdezhen Kilns, Late Wanli to Chongzhen c.1610 – 1630. The center decorated with a bird on a rock next to a flowering peony. The cavetto of this thickly Kraak porcelain dish has panels of a large flowering plant interspersed with panels of auspicious objects. The base has chatter marks and grit adhering to the glaze. The grit was used to stop the piece sticking in the glaze firing.

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Condition
In excellent, some concentric scratches to the base, a very minor firing crack to the edge.
Size
Diameter 20.4 to 20.8 cm (8 inches). Depth 3.9 cm.
Provenance
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Stock number
27182
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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.