Lot 136 A Chinese blue and white 'Grasshopper and Butterfly' plate

A Chinese blue and white 'Grasshopper and Butterfly' plate

Wanli

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€ 12.000 – € 18.000

O: Diam. 20,9 cm

(UV-checked)
Overall in very good condition, with minor normal superficial wear and typical spots of glaze loss to the rim.
A baking flaw near the edge of the central medallion and partly visible to the reverse. A further baking flaw to the central reverse, near the egret mark. A negligible fleabite to the rim, located at 6 o'clock, invisible to the front.

A finely potted Kraak plate with the characteristic panelled decoration, beautifully painted in soft underglaze cobalt blue. The rim on the front is divided into eight panels, each decorated with alternating flowering branches and water plants, interspersed with narrow panels filled with dot and diaper motifs. The central medallion depicts a grasshopper on rockwork beneath a butterfly, with a flowering peony to the right and luxuriant curling clouds above. The reverse is similarly divided into panels, decorated with alternating lingzhi and insects. Between the panels are stylised cloud motifs. The centre bears a rare and finely executed egret mark.
此件克拉克青花盤胎體精細，採用典型的分格開光裝飾，青花發色柔和雅緻。正面口沿分為八組大型開光，內繪折枝花卉與水生植物，彼此相間，其間穿插填飾圓點及錦地紋的狹長開光。盤心圓形開光內繪花蟲圖，一隻蚱蜢棲於山石之上，上方蝴蝶翩飛，右側牡丹盛放，空中卷雲繚繞。
盤背同樣採用分格裝飾，開光內交替繪靈芝與昆蟲，各組之間以程式化雲紋相隔。底部中央書繪製罕見且精細的「白鷺款」。
Provenance:
Marc Michot, Bruges.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2010, according to the owner's inventory notes.