A large blue and white 'Kraak' dishEarly 17th century |The well boldly painted with scholars standing conversing in a landscape, the flaring rim with panels of fruiting branches and floral sprays.|47cm (19in) diam|Provenance|For a related example, see M. Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, 1989, pl. 87 p. 99 where she notes that a similar example was excavated from the tomb of Prince Zhu Yiyin who died in 1603. Other related examples are in the collection of the Topkapi Seray and in the Ardebil Shrine