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A Ming Blue and White porcelain dish, late Wanli to Tianqi c.1610 – 1625.

An Unusual Late Ming or Early Qing Porcelain Wucai Container for the Japanese Market, Probably a Hiire. Late Chongzhen Period 1628 - 1644 or Shunzhi 1644-1661 Period. Decorated with Boys at Play in a Garden Landscape. Two Boys Play with a `Football` on a Brightly Coloured Rug and Another Boy Lights a Firework While Another Watches. The Interior of the Object is Unglazed Apart From an Area Below the Rim.

A Transitional Porcelain Cup from the Hatcher Cargo, Late Ming, Chongzhen c.1643. This small finely decorated box and cover is decorated with a hawk among plants.

Condition

In excellent condotion with a very good glaze.

Size

Diameter 4.9 cm (2 inches) Height 2.7 cm (1 inch)

Provenance

Christie's auction catalogue : Fine And Important Late Ming And Transitional Porcelain, Recently Recovered from an Asian Vessel in the South China Sea. Property of Captain Michael Hatcher (Christie`s Amsterdam 14th March 1984), label to base. From the collection of the late Mr. And Mrs. Smidt Van Gelder, Landhuis Belverdere, Overveen near Haarlem, The Netherlands.

References

A very similar Hatcher 'Hawk' box and cover was offered for sale by S.Marchant and Son, see 'Exhibition of Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Market' (S.Marchant and Son, Kensington, London 1989) page 29, item 37. A Transitional Blue and White Porcelain Box and Cover of this type with a cricket is in the British Museum, see Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum.(Jessica Harrison-Hall.The British Museum Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7141-1488-X.) page 391, item 12:95. Christie's auction catalogue : Fine And Important Late Ming And Transitional Porcelain, Recently Recovered from an Asian Vessel in the South China Sea. Property of Captain Michael Hatcher (Christie`s Amsterdam 14th March 1984).

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A Very Rare Wanli White Kraak Porcelain Klapmuts Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period c.1590 – 1620. This white moulded porcelain Klapmuts is decorated to the interior in the Kraak style with the exterior showing the design in reverse. The deeply moulded everted rim has a continuous frieze of Ruyi-Heads to the rim and shaped Kraak type border with panels of lotus. The center is plain, the base shows chatter marks and the rim has kiln grit. I have not had a piece of pure white Kraak porcelain before, the only known example in the Netherlands is a bowl of the same design and shape (Grongingen Museum).

For more information about Kraak Ware porcelain you can go to the History section of our website-menu, or click on the link: Kraak Ware Porcelain.

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Condition

A very large section broken off and crudly re-stuck.

Size

Diameter 14.8 cm (6 inches).

Provenance

Said to have been found in the ground in Indonesia.

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