M5295
£2,250
Description
Chinese porcelain blue and white moulded Kraak saucer dish painted in the centre with a grasshopper perched on rockwork amongst flowering camelia and daisies, encircled by ten petal-shape moulded medallions of aster between different panels of precious objects including scroll, leaf and gourd.
8 1/8 inches, 20.7 cm diameter.
Wanli, 1573-1619.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From an old European collection.
Condition
Small rim frits and nibbles.
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