| Objectnumber | | 1918.0165 |  | | Style/decoration | | Kraak porcelain | | | Material | | Porcelain | | | Material description | | Onderglazuur-blauw | | | Dynasty | | Wanli | | | Country | | China | | | Period | | circa 1600 - 1610 | | | Dimensions | | diameter rim 20,8 cm, diameter footring 11,2 cm, height: 6,0 cm | | | Institution | | Groninger Museum | | | Source | | legaat A. Nap | | | Literature | | Kraak porcelain : a moment in the history of trade / M. Rinaldi. - Londen, 1989. - pl. 140 | | | Description | | Chinese porcelain klapmuts on a footring, with steep, curved sides and an everted upright rim with a scalloped edge. Decorated in underglaze blue. In the centre a scalloped, lozenge-shaped medallion on a ground of swastika motifs (two different types) containing a cricket on a rock by a chrysanthemum. The sides and rim are divided into four fan-shaped panels, separated by narrow panels. The fan-shaped panels on the sides with a scalloped medallion containing a plant or a fruiting branch. On the rim two light-blue triangles alongside each other with dark blue swastika motifs. The narrow panels on the rim with a ruyi ornament and pendent ribbons. On the outside four scalloped medallions with a symbol (jewel or gong) or a peacock-feather motif. The panels are separated by a few vertical lines. On the rim three small flower sprays. | | | Detailed description | | A Kraak porcelain bowl decorated in underglaze blue with a representation of an insect on a rock. The sides are divided into wide and narrow panels with flowers and pendent bows. The motif of an insect on a rock was popular among Delft potters and was copied on faience. The Dutch term klapmuts is derived from the model that is redolent of an upside-down hat with an upturned brim. Klapmuts bowls were shipped to the Netherlands in large quantities in the first half of the seventeenth century, where, like other Kraak wares, they were used in the household or to decorate the interior. The latter was prevalent in villages and towns around the IJsselmeer (Hindelopen) until the late eighteenth century. | | | Object | | Bowl | |
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