A blue and white Kraak wine pot and cover. Wanli period (1572-1620) - image-1

Lot 924 Dα

A blue and white Kraak wine pot and cover. Wanli period (1572-1620)

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.250 € (incl. premium)
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A blue and white Kraak wine pot and cover. Wanli period (1572-1620)

Of barrel shape with lobed sides, small curving spout and square handle, domed cover with pointed knob, decorated in six panels round the body with auspicious objects suspended on tasselled ribbons alternating with peonies, round the shoulder and on the cover a diaper-pattern ground and reserves filled with flower sprays.
Height 19.8 cm

明萬曆 青花牡丹緣纓紋壺
一類例可較，錄於Regina Krahl 著 《托普卡比皇宫博物馆藏中国陶瓷全集》 2冊，倫敦1986年，757頁，1403號，或比Christiaan J. A. Jorg著，《中國陶瓷—荷蘭阿姆斯特丹國立博物館藏明清陶瓷》，1997年初版，頁68-69，號56，參見一作例，尺寸相若，曾展於《Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners》，香港藝術館，香港，1981年，頁82

Literature

Compare an almost identical pot illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul. A Complete Catalogue, vol. II Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, London 1986, p. 757, no. 1403, compare also Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1997, p. 68-69, no. 56 and Richard S. Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, exhibition catalogue, Hong Kong 1981, p. 82