BF 99 A rare Kraak chrysanthemum-petal saucer-dish

明萬曆 青花白鶴菊瓣盤

Wanli period (1573-1620), c. 1615-25

The thinly potted saucer-dish has gently rounded sides moulded with two rows of slightly concave chrysanthemum petals. The centre is painted with a bracket-lobed medallion enclosing a crane perched on a large lotus flower flanked by two further cranes in flight amids bushy leaves. The birds are reserved in white against several shades of blue, all reserved on various diaper patterns divided by Demi-flower heads and ruyi heads. The base is painted with a border of a dotted leaves above the foot.
Diameter 21 cm

A similar dish, but with the more common centre depicting a bird on rock work, is illustrated by Maura Rinaldo, Kraak Porcelain, A moment in the History of Trade, London 1989, Pl. 120

BF 33 明萬曆 青花白鶴菊瓣盤

時代：明 萬曆(1573-1620)，約1615至1625年。

特徵：體薄，盤沿模印兩排略凹之菊瓣形紋飾，花紋內週飾一圈如意錦地紋。盤心菱花開光內一白鶴棲息於蓮上，兩側各有一白鶴展翅飛翔。底足上裝飾一圈點葉紋。

尺寸：直徑21公分。