Lot 98

A very near pair of Chinese Kraak porcelain crow cups, the interior decorated with a crow perched on a rock within a circle, the walls with panels of flowers divided by beaded pendants, the exterior with alternating panels of flowers and birds above flowers divided by bows and ribbons, China, Wanli period, ca. 1600-1615. Literature: Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain - A Moment in the History of Trade', Bamboo Publishing, London 1989, Page 154, plate 182 -H. 6,5 cm; D. 11,5 cm, one with a faint hairline crack-