A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' MOULDED BOTTLE VASE

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A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' MOULDED BOTTLE VASE
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The pear-shaped body slightly lobed with alternating upright and inverted pomegranate-shaped panels enclosing floral and geometric motifs, the sloping shoulder with a narrow band of quatrefoil panels on a trellis ground below chrysanthemum scroll and descending palmettes alternating with four lanca characters at the narrow neck
11 in. (28 cm.) high

拍品专文

Panels in the shape of pomegranates are a feature rarely seen on kraak porcelain, and then they appear to be exclusive to pouring vessels. An almost identical vase is illustrated by M. Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, 1989, pp.169-170, pl.213, where the author says "They are quite rare, in particular a few of them which have four stylised characters of Lantsa or Devanagari script". Another very similar bottle, with later Ottoman silver mount, is in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul - A Complete Catalogue, Part II, no.1398, p.756