Dish, late 17th century, Chinese, for European market, Hard-paste porcelain with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Diameter: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, A defining feature of kraak porcelain (so-called from the Dutch name for caracca, the Portuguese merchant ship) is the device of paneled decoration, seen here in the wide border of the dish, with its alternation of sunflowers and emblems
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Dish, late 17th century, Chinese, European market, Hard-paste porcelain, cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Diameter, 11 1/4, 28.6 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, defining, feature, kraak, Dutch name, caracca, Portuguese merchant, ship, device, paneled decoration, wide border, dish, alternation, sunflowers, emblems
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