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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 975813, member: 2844&quot;]I agree, not Swatow, and late Ming. </p><p>It is export ware, could have been made in Jingdezhen. It looks like Kraak ware, but simpler than most Kraak ware. Kraak ware looks like provincial ware, which is why it is reminiscent of Swatow. </p><p>Jingdezhen porcelain for the home market was more sophisticated, but Kraak was for those Barbarians in the West anyway, so why bother.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kraak is the old Dutch word for the European ships that transported the cargo from Asia to the Netherlands. From there it was sold to other parts of Europe as Kraak ware. </p><p><br /></p><p>The decoration on the rim is clearly Persian influenced. You see that on a lot of Chinese porcelain. China imported blue and white ceramics from Persia/Iran before they manufactured it themselves, first copying Persian ware.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best leave the wires on for now. It seems it has already received some knocks to the rim. But an attractive piece nonetheless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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