A Chinese blue and white kraak porcelain dish. Wanli period

Decorated in underglaze blue, with a foliate rim and decorated to the centre with a two mandarin ducks on a riverbank below leafy stems of lotus flowers and lotus buds and by overhanging rocks. The cavetto is further decorated with panels of stylised peach stems and precious objects.

COUNTRY : China
PERIOD : Wanli period (1573-1619)
MATIERIAL : Porcelain
SIZE : 12.79 in. (32.5 cm)
REFERENCE : C899
STATUT : sold