Asian Art I - 22nd May 2013

Lot 314

A Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain shallow bowl or klapmutz Wanli 1595-1610

Estimate £2,000 - £2,500

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Description

A Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain shallow bowl or klapmutz Wanli 1595-1610, the centre painted with a pagoda and buildings in a mountainous river landscape, the cavetto with panels of frogs and birds amidst flowers, 22cm.

Cf. M Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade, for a similar klapmutz from the Groninger museum.

明萬曆  克拉克瓷青花大碗