MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A GROUP OF THREE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Comprising a large 'Kraak' dish decorated to the centre with a scholar and attendant, the cavetto with alternating panels of figures and foliage, a 'Vung Tao Cargo' bowl, and a plate with a crane amongst plants
The 'Kraak' dish: 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The Vung Tao Cargo, from a trading vessel which sank circa 1690 off the coast of Con Dao Island, near the southern coast of Vietnam. The bowl was sold in The Vung Tau Cargo, Christie's Amsterdam, 7-8 April 1992, lot 923

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