Lot Essay
A similar example is illustrated in M. Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, London, 1989, pl. 235, in which she states that:' it is one of the few kraak pieces with copper-red decoration'.
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Details
A rare set of small underglaze-blue and copper-red 'kraak porselein' bowls
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Each painted to the central medallion with a bird perched on rockwork, the deep well with panels enclosing flower-stems, below a barbed everted rim, hairline crack, minor frim frittings
10.5 cm. diam. (5)
Wanli
Each painted to the central medallion with a bird perched on rockwork, the deep well with panels enclosing flower-stems, below a barbed everted rim, hairline crack, minor frim frittings
10.5 cm. diam. (5)
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