LY 11, Bowl

 
Objectnumber
LY 11
Style/decoration
Kraak porcelain
Material
Porcelain
Material description
Underglaze blue
Dynasty
Wanli; Tianqi
Country
China
Period
1610 - 1630
Dimensions
diameter 21,5 cm, height 5,6 cm, diameter footring 10,5 cm
Institution
Princessehof Leeuwarden
Description
Klapmuts bowl on a triangular footring, with a smooth, spreading rim. In the centre grasshopper and butterfly in rocky landscape with a flower spray on the right. On the sides four wide and four narrow panels. In the wide panels four smaller oval panels with, alternately, peach branches and auspicious symbols. In the narrow panels bows. On the rim two tao-tie masks alternating with two triangular panels with flowers, bows between. The reverse with four wide and four narrow panels, in the wide panels smaller oval panels with five dots. On the reverse of the rim three elongated stylised flower sprays.
Collection
Age Looxma Ypey
Object
Bowl