Of shaped vorm, decorated in shades of blue with a crane, amidst flowering peonies and insects, surrounded with peacock feathers and flowers. The rim of the dish with a scallopped patern with flowers and peacock feathers. Inspired after the Chinese blue and white porcelain. In the far east a crane was a symbol of long life.
Signed on the back in underglaze blue with an claw for:
DE PORCELEYNE KLAAUW
Literature:
Delft Ceramics at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, page 76.
DELFT – HOLLAND,
Circa 1760.
Diam . : 35,5 cm. ( 14 inches. )
Weight : 1.473 grams.