A blue and white Kraak Klaptmus shallow bowl – Ming Dynasty
This shallow bowl has rounded sides with a flattened lightly barbed rim and is finely decorated in contrasting shades of cobalt blue. The central roundel is painted with auspicious symbols. The lobed cavetto has four panels, two with peach bloom sprays and two with auspicious symbols. They are divided by opposing ruyi scepters. The rim is slightly everted and painted with eight peony blooms linked by leaves and berries. The outside rim is decorated with prunus branches with seated birds, and the sides are painted with four lobed peach filled ovals, alternating with four narrow panels of stylized lingzhi, sided by vertical lines. It was produced in Jingdezhen during the Wanli reign.
Period: Ming Dynasty, Wanli reign ca 1600
Size: Diameter 21 cm, height 6 cm
Condition: Good condition, minor wear and light rim fritting, sand adhesion to the footring, a chip to the outside rim approximately 10x5 mm (see last picture), no cracks or repairs found under UV-light.
Provenance: -
SKU: 142
References: A very similar bowl is illustrated in Jingdezhen to the World – The Luire Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Late Ming Dynasty, Teresa Canepa, 2019, Page 246.
