Kraak blue and white bowl with birds and

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Manager ID

901

Title

Kraak blue and white bowl with birds and flowers Ming dynasty, 1560-1580

Short title

Kraak blue and white bowl with birds and

Record number

BATEA : 897

Simple name

bowl

Classified name

ceramic; porcelain; blue and white; Ming; bowl; bird; fruit; floral; animal; deer; China; moon; insect; Kraak; lotus;

Description

Description part summary

A Group 2 Kraak blue and white bowl with everted bracketed rim. The bowl is decorated in the centre with a thrush standing on a rock gazing at the moon amid grasses, beneath a deep band with groups of pheasants standing on rock or searching for food with floral sprays issuing from rock separated by insects and two moons. The exterior has spotted deer, song bird in bamboo tree, large lotus spray, insects and moon. The decoration is individually painted in several shades of blue ranging from deep almost black tones to pale silvery blue.

Description material

porcelain

Description condition

small rim chips

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	white
decoration	blue

Description length

Description height

5.8 cm

Description diameter

12.2 cm

Description width

Description depth

Description inscription

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Subjects

wood > bamboo

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