A SMALL UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND RED AND GREEN-GLAZED 'KLAPMUTS' BOWL

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1630-1643

Details

A SMALL UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND RED AND GREEN-GLAZED 'KLAPMUTS' BOWL
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1630-1643
The small bowl is decorated at the center of the interior with a medallion containing a scroll with a tassel, enclosed by pendent flowering peony branches below the bracket-lobed rim. The exterior is decorated with two branches bearing small red buds.
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Collection of Sir Michael Butler.
Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., London, 1987.
Collection of Julia and John Curtis.

Brought to you by

Margaret Gristina

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

mgristina@christies.com 212 636 2180

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

A similar bowl in the Butler Family Collection, decorated in the center with a leaf and stylized auspicious emblems, is illustrated by Barbara Harrisson in Chinese Porcelain: The Transitional Period 1620-1683, a Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, Leeuwarden, 1986, p. 66, no. 74, and by Maura Rinaldi in Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989, p. 193, pl. 256.

More from An Era of Inspiration: 17th-Century Chinese Porcelains from the Collection of Julia and John Curtis

View All