CHINE, Kraak Période Transition, XVIIe siècle
CHINA, Kraak - Transition Period, 17th century
Large porcelain dish decorated in blue under a cover of Shoulao riding his crane flying among the clouds above the waves in the centre, surrounded by a frieze of lotus petals, the wing decorated with eight large storerooms decorated with figures representing the four noble trades (yuqiao gengdu: peasant, woodcutter, scholar, fisherman) and alternating flowers, interspersed with small cartouches decorated with tulips and foliage. (Cracks, splinters)
Diam. 32.5 cm.

Credits: Chinese porcelain in a Norman Manor, a story of "blue and white", by Alain Saint Loubert Bié, p.65