Chinese Blue and White Quatrefoil Bottle with Silver Mounting
A Chinese quatrefoil blue and white bottle, Transitional period, circa 1640, silver mounted mouth-rim. 9.45 in. high. Provenance: F.R. Strange Auctions, 26/3/1084, *see Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain' for a similar example
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Quatrefoil - A stylised four-circle design, itself contained within a larger circle, with Gothic origins and often seen as window designs in ecclesiastical architecture. The use of the motif was popular in Gothic Revival furniture of the 19th century.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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Chinese ceramics, decoration
- blue and white, other 776
- Kraak style 49
