WANLI (1573-1619)

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A pair of Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' bowls
Wanli (1573-1619)
Decorated with alternating panels of figures in a landscape and flowers, the central roundel painted with an image of a lady holding a spindle, the exterior decorated with panels of figures in a landscape and flowers
16 cm. high x 36 cm. diam.
Together with a 'kraak porselein' plate painted with deer in a landscape, Wanli (1573-1619), 20.5 cm. diam. (3)

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Lot Essay

The scene in the central roundel probably depicts Hwang Tao-P'o, a woman of Yai Chow, in Hainan who is said to have taught the people of Central China the art of spinning cotton, having moved to Kiang-nan about the time when the cotton plant was introduced from Turkestan early in the fourteenth century.

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