Chinese Kraak porcelain dish, c. 1580, Wanli Period.
£490.00
Chinese porcelain ‘Kraak’ dish, Wanli Period, c. 1580. The barbed rimmed dish, painted to the centre in underglaze blue, with a scene of ducks on a river.
The broad border with lightly moulded panels, painted with panels of birds, alternating with panels of flowering plants, divided by thinner panels containing a Buddhistic emblem, on a stylised wave ground.
Painted to the reverse with panels of ruyi head symbols, and sprigs of flowers, around an unglazed footrim.
Diameter – 29.5 cm, 11 5/8”.
Conditions – Crack to rim, please see images for detail.
