A large blue and white 'kraak porselein' dish

WANLI

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A large blue and white 'kraak porselein' dish
Wanli
Painted to the centre with a star-shaped panel enclosing a globular jardinière filled with large peony blooms on a hollow root, reserved on a Y- and key-pattern ground divided by ruyi-heads, the well and shaped rim with alternate radiating panels enclosing fruiting peach and Buddhistic symbols, between jewels within narrow vertical panels (small rim chips)
50.3 cm diam.

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