Kraak ware
(China)
- Title
- Bowl
- Other titles:
- Bowl with everted rim with panels of foliage and auspicious emblems
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Year
- circa 1600-1610
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
-
6.0 x 21.1cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1990
- Accession number
- 252.1990
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
Named Klapmutsen (after the Dutch word for a type of woollen cap whose shape they resemble) bowls such as this are the most typical and most un-Chinese of all Kraak porcelain shapes. The unusual shape may be due to the Dutch use of heavy spoons, which required a sturdy rim for them to rest on.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.139.
- Bibliography (3)
-
Mr V V W Fretwell (Australia) (Compilator), Mr L G Harrison (Australia) (Compilator), Ivan McMeekin (Australia, b.1919, d.1993) (Compilator), J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Compilator), Chinese ceramics, Sydney, 1965, 25. cat.no. 96
J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Author), Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Sydney, 1977, 25. cat.no. 35
'Export Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 139 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (2)
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Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Aug 1965–12 Sep 1965.
Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Feb 1977–26 Jun 1977.
