Title

Pair of Kraak blue and white dishes with bird decoration, China, 1575-1600. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Pair of Kraak blue and white dishes with bird decoration, China, 1575-1600. Ming dynasty Kraak saucer dishes thinly potted with barbed rim outlined in blue. The interiors have circular medallions of orchids and a bee, surrounded by a stylised lotus pond with two ducks all in blue of silvery tone with darker highlights.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1575

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_323

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (464,7Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2831 x 2214 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature blue animal bowl flower flowers plant bird birds country insect China Chinese color colour bee bees duck ducks decorative ming location dish century porcelain floral artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty lotus artifact 16th century sixteenth century Museum of East Asian Art kraak ware Wanli period object Unknown ceramic ceramic object