LY 6, Dish

 
Objectnumber
LY 6
Style/decoration
Kraak porcelain
Material
Porcelain
Material description
Underglaze blue
Dynasty
Wanli; Tianqi
Country
China
Period
1610 - 1630
Dimensions
diameter 31,5 cm, height 5,3 cm, diameter footring 17,5 cm
Institution
Princessehof Leeuwarden
Description
Dish on a triangular footring with concave sides and a spreading rim. Decorated in Kraak style and underglaze blue. In the centre an octagonal panel with a riverscape, a duck on a rock, water plants and flowers to the right, another two flying ducks approaching from the left. Between the central panel and the double circle trelliswork. On the rim eight wide and eight narrow panels, the wide panels alternately containing a sunflower motif and auspicious Buddhist symbols, in the narrow panels trelliswork and ribbons. On the back eight large and eight smaller panels, in the large panels smaller oval panels with a lingzhi (fungus).
Collection
Age Looxma Ypey
Object
Dish