Kavel 269

Three Chinese 'Kraak' porcelain dishes decorated in underglaze blue, two with a central hexogonal cartouche enclosing a grasshopper and flowers bordered by trellis work, the third dish with a bird perched amidst flowers, the moulded rims with cartouches of a single flower alternated by cartouches with auspicious symbols, China, Wanli period, ca. 1615-1630, see for a similar examble: Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain - A moment in the history of trade, London, Bambook Publishing, 1989, Page 106, plate 97 -D. 21 cm, usual minor glaze fritting to the rims, the plate with the bird restored-