£480
A Chinese Kraak porcelain blue and white moulded dish, Ming dynasty, c1570-1625, well potted with crisply moulded border (Rinaldi type I), painted with a grasshoper on a rock between flowers in diaper surround and moulded border of peaches alternating with ruyi, slightly upturned and lobed rim, 'chatter' marks inside the footring, 15.5cm diam
A contemporary, slightly larger dish, painted with a grasshopper and rocks, is illustrated Jorg (C,J.A.) , Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Ming and Qing Dynasties, 1997, Catalogue No 37
Minor crazing of glaze on underside but undamaged, no restoration
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