CHINE, Kraak Fin Epoque MING (1368 1644)

CHINE, Kraak Fin Epoque MING (1368 1644)
CHINA, Kraak - Late MING period (1368 - 1644)
Large porcelain bowl decorated in blue under a frieze of horses galloping above the foaming waves, surmounting birds resting on trendy flowers. The interior is decorated in the centre with a lake landscape surrounded by a frieze of fiery wheels and stylised landscape. (Gears) H. 9.5 cm. Diam. 20,5 cm.

Provenance: Axel Vervoordt, The Hatcher Collection.

Reference: Chinese porcelain in a Norman Manor, a history of "blue and white", by Alain Saint Loubert Bié, p.70.

Captain Michael Hatcher discovered a Chinese wreck in the port of Batavia (now Jakarta) in southern China in 1983. At the time, it was the largest cargo of Chinese porcelain ever recovered in good condition from the sea. Captain Michael Hatcher and his crew brought back about 25,000 pieces and pieces of porcelain scattered at the time at four sales in Amsterdam. The great variety and quality of many pieces created great interest because the range of shapes of the objects in the Hatcher junk is testimony to what a South Asian porcelain trading ship of the mid-seventeenth century could contain.
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