A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620) - image-1
A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620) - image-2
A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620) - image-3
A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620) - image-1A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620) - image-2A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620) - image-3

Lot 1374 Dα

A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620)

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 14:00 - China - Decorative Arts, Ceramics and Porcelain
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 26.040 € (incl. premium)

A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market. Wanli period (1572-1620)

Decorated with alternating panels of flowers and auspicious symbols between knotted tassels, the interior with a Persian inscription (perhaps part of a poem by Firdausi) along the rim above flower sprigs, the central medallion with a basket of pomegranates in front of a fence. Chips.
Height 16.5 cm; diameter 37.4 cm

明萬曆 青花 阿拉伯文克拉克瓷大碗
可比Maura Rinaldi, Kraak porcelain, A moment in the history of trade, 倫敦 1989年, 165頁, 圖206

Literature

Compare an almost identical bowl in: Maura Rinaldi, Kraak porcelain, A moment in the history of trade, London 1989, p. 165, pl. 206