A Blue and White 'Klapmuts' Bowl Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period

painted to the central interior with a shaped cartouche enclosing a vase in a terraced garden, the undecorated sides moulded with four shaped cartouches each enclosing a floral bloom against a diaper ground, the everted barbed rim moulded with a keyfret border; together with a blue and white dish painted with a grasshopper and a butterfly amongst floral branches, encircled with moulded petal-form borders, Ming dynasty, Tianqi period

Marchant, London (bowl).

Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period (circa 1620-1680 A.D.) from the Collection of Mr & Mrs Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1985, cat. no. 82 (dish).
From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 74 (bowl).

From left to right as per catalogue image: Dish: numerous glaze flakes to barbed rim; a 4mm glaze line to rim at approximately 5 o'clock; minor firing imperfections. Bowl: in good condition, minor firing imperfections including a firing crack to exterior (8mm) and three glaze pulls.
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