1929.0178, Bowl

 
Objectnumber
1929.0178
Style/decoration
Kraak porcelain
Material
Porcelain
Material description
Underglaze blue
Dynasty
Wanli
Country
China
Period
circa 1595 - 1619
Dimensions
height 5,5 cm, diameter rim 9,5 cm, diameter footring 4 cm
Institution
Groninger Museum
Source
Bequest Dr D. Boerma
Literature
M. Rinaldi. Kraak Porcelain: A Moment in the History of Trade. London 1989, pl. 192
Description

Small Chinese porcelain crow-cup bowl on a footring, with curved sides and a sharply everted, short, upright scalloped edge. Decorated in underglaze blue. On the outside a landscape with two Chinese sitting on either side of a fence. In the centre a bird on a rock. On the inside of the sides two peach branches.

Object
Bowl