Dish
1573-1620 (made)
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This dish is painted with underglaze blue, the gazelles in the centre seeming to float against the background of blossoming plum trees. It has a wavy rim decorated with birds and flowers. It is an example of reasonable quality export ware displaying standard patterns, of the type known as kraak porcelain. There are several explanations for the meaning behind the use of the Dutch word kraak for this type of late Ming blue-and-white porcelain. One is that it derives from the name of the Portuguese vessels (carracks) that carried the porcelain from the East to Europe. Others include the suggestions that it is from the Dutch verb to break (kraken), or that it derives from the name for shelves on which blue-and-white porcelain was displayed in the Dutch province of Friesland.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted with underglaze blue |
Brief description | Porcelain dish with underglaze blue decoration, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620), Chinese. |
Physical description | Porcelain plate with wavy rim, painted with underglaze blue. The design is of two gazelles in the centre against blossoming plum, with floral devices and birds on the rim. |
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Credit line | Given by Sydney Vacher |
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Summary | This dish is painted with underglaze blue, the gazelles in the centre seeming to float against the background of blossoming plum trees. It has a wavy rim decorated with birds and flowers. It is an example of reasonable quality export ware displaying standard patterns, of the type known as kraak porcelain. There are several explanations for the meaning behind the use of the Dutch word kraak for this type of late Ming blue-and-white porcelain. One is that it derives from the name of the Portuguese vessels (carracks) that carried the porcelain from the East to Europe. Others include the suggestions that it is from the Dutch verb to break (kraken), or that it derives from the name for shelves on which blue-and-white porcelain was displayed in the Dutch province of Friesland. |
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Accession number | C.464-1918 |
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Record created | March 10, 2003 |
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