A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' DISH

CIRCA 1635-50

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'KRAAK PORSELEIN' DISH
circa 1635-50
Freely painted in the centre with a terraced pavilion scene with two figures beside leafy trees, surrounded by eight panels enclosing alternating scenes with figures in a landscape and upright tulip-sprays, divided by further floral panels, all within double bands at the well and rim, the exterior similarly divided into floral panels, rim frits
19 in. (49 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The border design of panels of Iznik-inspired flowers alternating with figures in landscapes around the central figural scene, illustrates the development during the second quarter of the 17th Century from the earlier typical kraak panelled borders to the Transitional style motifs. See M. Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, 1989, pp.112-113 for a discussion on this style of border and colour pl.110 for a similar dish which is in the Groninger Museum. Another comparable dish is in the Rijksmuseum, illustrated by C.J.A. Jrg, op.cit., 1997, p.60, no.41. Further dishes of this type and size were exhibited, 1990, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel, Porzellan aus China und Japan, Catalogue, nos.29, 30 and 31.

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