Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, moulded, underglazed,
Subjects:bird fruit landscape
Dimensions:Diameter: 20.60 centimetres Height: 2.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain dish with ‘kraak’-type underglaze blue decoration. This finely potted dish has shallow moulded lobed sides, a flattened rim with lobed edge and a low tapering foot with some grit attached. The central medallion depicts a pheasant perched on a rock beside water and stylized flowering plants and foliage. Surrounding this are eight panels containing cartouches with opposite pairs of chrysanthemum, morning glory, butterfly, possibly camellia, bordered by narrow panels with dots and lozenges or dots and spirals. The reverse is painted with alternating panels with butterflies or peaches. The glazed base is marked with a standing egret in underglaze blue in the centre.
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![图片[1]-dish BM-1923-0611.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00264788_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-dish BM-1923-0611.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00325784_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-dish BM-1923-0611.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00408131_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:’Kraak’-style dishes are seldom found in Chinese domestic contexts. However, four blue-and-white ‘kraak’ dishes were excavated from the tomb of Wu Nianxu (1547-1614), a provincial administration commissioner, and of his wife Mme He (1547-1610). These dishes have a similar although not identical border arrangement to that of the present dish, but are of lower quality.The egret mark appears almost exclusively on good-quality ‘kraak’ wares, mostly dishes of small to medium size. It has been suggested that the mark identifies this particular type of ‘kraak’ ware with a specific kiln or workshop, which was manufacturing during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, moulded, underglazed,
Subjects:bird fruit landscape
Dimensions:Diameter: 20.60 centimetres Height: 2.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain dish with ‘kraak’-type underglaze blue decoration. This finely potted dish has shallow moulded lobed sides, a flattened rim with lobed edge and a low tapering foot with some grit attached. The central medallion depicts a pheasant perched on a rock beside water and stylized flowering plants and foliage. Surrounding this are eight panels containing cartouches with opposite pairs of chrysanthemum, morning glory, butterfly, possibly camellia, bordered by narrow panels with dots and lozenges or dots and spirals. The reverse is painted with alternating panels with butterflies or peaches. The glazed base is marked with a standing egret in underglaze blue in the centre.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:’Kraak’-style dishes are seldom found in Chinese domestic contexts. However, four blue-and-white ‘kraak’ dishes were excavated from the tomb of Wu Nianxu (1547-1614), a provincial administration commissioner, and of his wife Mme He (1547-1610). These dishes have a similar although not identical border arrangement to that of the present dish, but are of lower quality.The egret mark appears almost exclusively on good-quality ‘kraak’ wares, mostly dishes of small to medium size. It has been suggested that the mark identifies this particular type of ‘kraak’ ware with a specific kiln or workshop, which was manufacturing during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
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