A blue and white 'Kraak porcelain' lobed bowl
Circa 1585-1600Painted to the interior of the deep U-shaped lobed body with a medallion enclosing a lakeside landscape, encircled by ten cakra and a continuous landscape band, the exterior with composite floral sprays beneath a broad flying horse band at the foliate rim, all supported on a short straight foot, maker's mark on the base. 21.6cm (8 1/2in) diam.
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Provenance: a European private collectionFor a very similar silver-gilt mounted bowl, known as 'The Walsingham Bowl', see J.Carswell, Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain Around the World, London, 2000, no.165, where the author notes that by tradition the bowl was given by Queen Elizabeth to her godchild Sir Thomas Walsingham; and for another, see M.Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain: A Moment in the History of Trade, London, 1989, pl.168.