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A BLUE AND WHITE FOLIATE-RIMMED
KRAAK PORCELAIN BOWL
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
明萬曆 外銷青花花鳥紋折腰盤
The vessel is decorated to the interior with a
central roundel enclosing a river landscape scene,
encircled by four cartouches, two with frogs and
two with birds, below a band of fower blooms and
foliage to the rim. The reverse is decorated with
four foral cartouches.
8æ in. (22.3 cm.) diam.
£1,000-1,500 $1,600-2,300
€1,400-2,000
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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ CIRCULAR PLAQUE
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
明萬曆 青花龍鳳呈祥圖瓷板
The plaque is boldly decorated with a confronting
dragon and phoenix amongst fowers and densely
scrolling foliage.
10¿ in. (25.8 cm.) diam.
£6,000-8,000 $9,100-12,000
€8,200-11,000
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