height 3,0 cm, diameter rim 21,0 cm, diameter footring 11,5 cm
Institution
Groninger Museum
Literature
Kraak porcelain : a moment in the history of trade / M. Rinaldi. - Londen, 1989. pl. 68
Description
Small Chinese porcelain plate on a footring, with low, steep curved sides and a wide sloping rim with a scalloped edge. Decorated in underglaze blue. In the centre a toad with a Chinese man on its back swims through foaming waves (probably Liu Han and his three-legged toad). On the sides and rim eight lightly modelled panels with a fruiting branch (peach or pomegranate) or a flower spray. The modelled panels separated by vertical panels filled with groups of dots. On the reverse fan-shaped panels filled with groups of dots and narrow panels with a stripe.
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