Lot 830. A large blue and white 'Kraak porselein' bowl, Late Ming-Transitional period, 1635-1660; 13 in. (33 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 6,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2014.

The deep, rounded sides rise to a petal-lobed rim, and are decorated on the exterior with alternating scroll-bordered, petal-shaped panels of scholars and attendants separated by vertical flower stems, and on the interior with further petal-shaped panels alternately decorated with figural scenes and flower stems above a central scene of a scholar and an attendant.

Provenance: Tim and Sally Turner Collection, acquired in 1997.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza