Lot 1374. A rare blue and white kraak bowl for the Islamic market, Wanli period (1572-1620). Height 16.5 cm; diameter 37.4 cm. Estimated price €2.000 - €3.000. Result: €26.040. Courtesy Lempertz

Decorated with alternating panels of flowers and auspicious symbols between knotted tassels, the interior with a Persian inscription (perhaps part of a poem by Firdausi) along the rim above flower sprigs, the central medallion with a basket of pomegranates in front of a fence. Chips.

Literature: Compare an almost identical bowl in: Maura Rinaldi, Kraak porcelain, A moment in the history of trade, London 1989, p. 165, pl. 206

Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 14:00, Brussels