Kraak ware
(China)
- Title
- Dish
- Other titles:
- Dish with central medallion of cricket on a rock in a landscape
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Year
- circa 1615-1625
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
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3.9 x 20.6cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1966
- Accession number
- EC5.1966
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
The central design is a typical Kraak design but, according to Kraak ware expert Maura Rinaldi, borders like this, formed by two rows of short straight brushstrokes around a rounded and scalloped cavetto, are rare. As often on Kraak ware, the base has irregular radiating lines from the centre to the foot rim. These are known as chatter marks.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.138.
- Bibliography (1)
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'Export Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 138 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
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Purchases and Acquisitions for 1966, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1967 -.
