A CHINESE KRAAKWARE DISH, Wanli (1595 1610)
Diameter: 12 7/8ins; 32.5cm
O40
O40
Painted to the centre in bright underglaze blue with a cricket perched on a rock beside a river amidst peony blooms and leaves, while a butterfly hovers above, within an...
Painted to the centre in bright underglaze blue with a cricket perched on a rock beside a river amidst peony blooms and leaves, while a butterfly hovers above, within an eight pointed star reserved on differing diaper grounds, the rim painted with radiating panels charged with symbolic objects and stylized flowers, the reverse painted with stylized radiating panels.
