Chinese porcelain Wanli Kraak bowl

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This ‘Kraak’ bowl is decorated with vases and flowery sprigs in geometric fields. The bowl is of an exceptional quality because of the refined decoration and the magnificent serrated edge. Northern Europe saw the first examples of this porcelain in 1602 when Dutch buccaneers hijacked two Portugese vessels, or Kraken, loaded with Chinese porcelain. The popularity of this porcelain became immense and was imported by the Dutch in vast quantities for decades.
 
A similar bowl from a Dutch private collection can be found in Rinaldi’s reference work on Kraak Porcelain.
 
Literature:
Maura Rinaldi, Kraak porcelain a moment in the history of trade, London 1989, pict. 185
Name
Chinese porcelain Wanli Kraak bowl
Categories
Decorative Arts Decorative Objects Other Decorative Objects
Periods
17th Century ca. 1615 Antique
Materials
Chinese porcelain
Styles
Ming
Measurements
Height: 8 cm, Diameter: 14 cm
Reference
KOLA100156

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