Lot 184

Two small Chinese Kraakware dishes, each decorated with a central scene of auspicious symbols and surrounded by panels with cartouches enclosing fruit and auspicious symbols, each divided by ribbons. A similar dish is in the Groninger Museum, The Netherlands and illustrated in Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain - A moment in the History of Trade', Page 92. China, Wanli period ca. 1575-1605 -D. 13,3 cm, rim chip to each dish-