A Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' plate
Wanli (1573-1619)
Painted to the centre with a vase containing the 'Three Friends', prunus, bamboo and pine and centred by a Longevity character, the shaped rim with a snake and two frogs croached on rockwork among further branches of bamboo and flower stems
19.8 cm. diam.
A Chinese blue and white 'kraak porselein' plate
Wanli (1573-1619)
Painted to the centre with a vase containing the 'Three Friends', prunus, bamboo and pine and centred by a Longevity character, the shaped rim with a snake and two frogs croached on rockwork among further branches of bamboo and flower stems
19.8 cm. diam.