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Two large blue and white 'kraak porselein' dishes Wanli
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,400 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo large blue and white 'kraak porselein' dishes
Wanli
Each with steep flaring sides, painted with a central medallion depicting ducks in a lotus pond, enclosed by a petal-shaped border of alternating panels of key-fret and diaper grounds, the shaped rim painted with lotus-shaped panels alternately enclosing chrysanthemums, artemesia leaves and groups of scholar's objects.
49.2cm (19¼in) diam. (2).
Each with steep flaring sides, painted with a central medallion depicting ducks in a lotus pond, enclosed by a petal-shaped border of alternating panels of key-fret and diaper grounds, the shaped rim painted with lotus-shaped panels alternately enclosing chrysanthemums, artemesia leaves and groups of scholar's objects.
49.2cm (19¼in) diam. (2).
Footnotes
Provenance: the first: Mrs W.S.Halsey
Acquired by the present owner's father between 1910 and 1920, and thence by descent
Exhibited: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1910, Case E, no.16.
Illustrated: Burlington Fine Arts Club, Illustrated Catalogue of Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1911, p.44, Catalogue no E16.














