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A blue and white kraak bottle, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572-1620).
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
551 - 735 EUR
564 - 752 USD
Hammer price
6 500 SEK
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A blue and white kraak bottle, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572-1620).
Drop shaped on a small footrim, decorated in underglaze blue with flying horses alternating with flowers in a garden. Height 31 cm.
Later metal mount to neck. Cracks. Fritting to interior of footrim. Firingflaws.
Provenance
A private collection of Asian Ceramics. The collection was brought together by a Swedish gentleman with a career at within the Swedish Foreign Ministry. During the years posted in various countries in Asia the interest of Fine Art and Asian Art that he had with him from home developed and an academic study collection was formed. Friendships and alliances were made within the field that even resulted in arranging guest lectures for Mr Abu Rihdo, of Museum Pusat, Jakarta at the East Asian Museum in Stockholm in 1981.