Lot 146 A Chinese blue and white 'Horses' plate

A Chinese blue and white 'Horses' plate

Wanli

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€ 4.000 – € 8.000

O: H. 3,6 cm, Diam. 20,5 cm

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A finely relief-potted Kraak plate, painted in rich, shaded tones of underglaze cobalt blue. The central medallion depicts two horses, one rendered in a deep cobalt-blue tone and the other in a lighter mottled wash. Together, they gallop through a fenced rocky landscape enriched with flowering branches and bamboo sprays, flanked by two ornamental posts within the enclosure. Above, swirling clouds animate the sky beside a rocky outcrop. The paired horses may be understood as symbols of partnership, harmony, and success.
The rim is divided into eight moulded accolade-shaped cartouches, each decorated with flowering and fruiting branches. These are separated by narrower panels containing beaded pendants, enriched above and below with two-tone blue diaper motifs. The cartouches are reserved against a pleasing pale-blue ground that continues around the rim.
The reverse is similarly arranged, though more simply decorated, with eight accolade-shaped cartouches alternatingly painted with peaches and diamond-shaped motifs. The intervening narrow panels are decorated with stylised cloud motifs, completing the design in the characteristic decorative repertoire of late Ming Kraak porcelain.
此件克拉克青花盤胎體模印起伏，通體以濃麗青花繪飾，分水層次豐富。盤心圓形開光內繪雙馬奔騰圖，一匹以濃重青花描繪，另一匹則以較淺的斑駁青花暈染。雙馬並駕馳騁於圍欄環繞的山石園景之中，周圍花枝與修竹掩映，欄內兩側各立一根裝飾柱。上方卷雲湧動，旁有山石突起，使畫面更富動感。雙馬並行，可寓相伴和諧、攜手有成。
口沿模印八組海棠形開光，內繪折枝花果。各開光之間以狹長開光相隔，內飾連珠垂飾紋，上下配以深淺雙色錦地紋。開光留白於淡青花地之上，淡藍地色環繞整個口沿，清雅和諧。
盤背採用相近的分格布局，裝飾較為簡潔。八組海棠形開光內交替繪桃實與菱形紋，其間的狹長開光飾雲紋，呈現出明晚期克拉克瓷典型的裝飾風格。
Provenance:
Luis Alegria, Porto.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 2009 and accompanied by a copy of their certificate of authenticity. (see added scan)
Exhibited:
TEFAF Maastricht, Luis Alegria, 2009.