WANLI, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A late Ming blue and white 'kraak porselein' bottle vase
Wanli, early 17th Century
The pear-shaped bulbous body moulded with pomegranate-shaped panels enclosing buddhistic symbols suspending from ribbons between floral medallions and flowers, rising towards a tapering neck decorated with six vertical panels with various plants and grasses below a washed-blue lappet border and garlic mouth, minor frittings
29.5 cm. high

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Lot Essay

Panels in the shape of pomegranates are a feature rarely seen on 'kraak' porcelain, and even then they appear to be exclusive to pouring vessels. A similar example is illustrated in M. Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, London, 1989, p. 171, pl. 214. A pair of double gourd vases in the Rijksmuseum show a similar decoration, see C. Jörg & J. van Kampen, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, p. 67, no. 53.

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