Bidspirit auction | A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KRAAK PORCELAIN' DISH, WANLI PERIOD (1572-1620) - The dish is finely decorated to the centre with a star-shaped panel enclosing a large censer filled with precious objects and flowers in a fenced garden, all surrounded by further lappet-shaped panels enclosing alternating precious objects and sun flowers separated by brocade designs. The reverse is decorated with roundels enclosing lingzhi fungus. Diameter: 28.5 cm. A hairline of 6 cm ascending from the rim, the bottom with kiln adherent grit. PROVENANCE Private collection, the Netherlands