Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery
Live Virtual Auction, 4 - 5 April 2022
Asian Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 28 450
About this Item
A Chinese blue and white 'Kraak' dish, Ming Dynasty, Wanli period, 1573-1620
the centre decorated with a grasshopper on a rocky outcrop and a butterfly amongst peonies, scrolling foliage and flowerheads, the cavetto outlined with cell-and-diaper decoration, the border with alternating panels of auspicious symbols and sunflowers alternating with jewelled diaper bands, the reverse with loosely painted panels of fungus and dots, raised on a low foot, rim chips, 35,8cm diameter