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1088(1560248)
A blue and white kraak dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572-1620).
Hammer price
18 000SEK
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK

Decorated in underglaze blue with a central motif of two men in a mountain landscape with waterfalls. Around the rim tulips, landscapes and flowers. Diameter 35.2 cm.

Chips.

Provenance

Property of a private Finnish Collection.

The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.

Purchased in Helsinki, 08 Mar 2006, s127 lot 176.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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