Title

Kraak blue and white klapmuts bowl with pagoda and seascape, late Ming dynasty, China, c1610. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Kraak blue and white klapmuts bowl with pagoda and seascape, late Ming dynasty, China, c1610. A Kraak blue and white klapmuts bowl with everted rim and foliated border. The centre shows a land and seascape with a pagoda and boats. The sides of the interior are decorated with four medallions of herons amid lotus bordered by tassels. The mouth rim is decorated with scrolling peony. The exterior of the bowl is also decorated in underglaze blue with four medallions depicting boys separated by vases. The exterior of the rim shows birds on floral sprays. 'Kraak' is the Dutch name given to this particular type of blue and white export ware; 'klapmuts' is also Dutch and refers to the shape of the bowl.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1610

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_024

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (620,2Kb) / 7,4in x 9,4in / 2214 x 2831 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation blue building buildings bowl country pattern white China Chinese seascape ship ships color colour decoration pagoda ming location century porcelain pottery artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty artifact glazed 17th century Patterned water transport seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art kraak ware object Unknown ceramic ceramic object