Lot Essay
From the first 'Hatcher' collection of late Ming and Transitional porcelain recovered from an Asian shipwreck in the South China Sea and sold at Christie's Amsterdam, March 14, 1984.
CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN
A CHINESE EXPORT 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' BLUE AND WHITE DISH
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A CHINESE EXPORT 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' BLUE AND WHITE DISH
LATE MING DYNASTY
An octagonal cartouche in the center painted with a bird beneath a peony bush, radiating petals along the barbed rim filled with flower or fungus sprigs--10 5/8in. (27cm.) diam.
LATE MING DYNASTY
An octagonal cartouche in the center painted with a bird beneath a peony bush, radiating petals along the barbed rim filled with flower or fungus sprigs--10 5/8in. (27cm.) diam.