Japanese and Chinese Kraak style porcelain were produced during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The term "Kraak" comes from the Dutch word for "carrack," a type of large Portuguese trading vessel that was used to transport porcelain and other goods from China to Europe.

Kraak style porcelain is characterized by its blue and white decoration, which features elaborate designs of flowers, birds, and other natural motifs. The patterns are often framed by geometric borders, which are sometimes reminiscent of European heraldic shields. The porcelain itself is typically thin and delicate, with a translucent quality that allows light to pass through the body of the vessel.

The main difference between Japanese and Chinese Kraak style porcelain is their origin. Chinese Kraak porcelain was made in the late Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty, and was exported to Europe in large quantities. Japanese Kraak porcelain, on the other hand, was more...

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A naively decorated Chinese plate or shallow dish, the central…

Kraak-style Chinese Deer Plate with Minor Restoration

A naively decorated Chinese plate or shallow dish, the central cavetto showing two deer within a panelled border. This type of decoration is known as 'Kraak'. Kiln adhesions and minor expected signs of wear and use. D.205 mm. Some restoration

A pair of Chinese blue and white bowls, Kangxi mark and of the…

Kangxi blue & white kraak style bowls

A pair of Chinese blue and white bowls, Kangxi mark and of the period, decorated in kraak style with reserves containing alternating long Eliza figures interspersed with flowers, four character Kangxi mark to base within a double circle. Height 8.5 cm,…

A large Chinese blue and white 'Kraak Ware' dish, Wanli period…

Chinese Kraak Ware Blue and White Dish

A large Chinese blue and white 'Kraak Ware' dish, Wanli period (1572-1620), decorated to the centre with a scholar and attendant, the segmented border with alternating Dutch style tulips and figural scenes. 5.5 cm high, 31.5 cm diameter

Chinese Kraak Ware dish, late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), of…

Ming Dynasty Blue Kraak Ware Dish

Chinese Kraak Ware dish, late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), of circular from with slightly flared and scalloped rim, the interior decorated in blue underglaze with central medallion portraying two men, the rim divided into eight fan shaped panels filled with…

A Chinese blue and white 'Kraak' Ware vase, Ming Dynasty…

Ming Dynasty Kraak Ware Vase with Horse and Flowers

A Chinese blue and white 'Kraak' Ware vase, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), circa 1600, decorated in underglaze blue with a compartmentalised design featuring flowers and horses, 28 cm high, 16 cm diameter.

A group of Chinese blue and white tea bowls and saucers, Kangxi…

Kangxi blue and white tea set with 'Kraak' design

A group of Chinese blue and white tea bowls and saucers, Kangxi period (1661-1722), a matching set comprising six tea bowls and four saucers, each decorated in 'Kraak' style with flowers and rocks, the tea bowls 5 cm high, 9 cm diameter. The saucers 2.5…

A pair of Chinese blue and white Kraak dishes, Kangxi period…

Chinese Kangxi Kraak Dishes with Bird Decoration

A pair of Chinese blue and white Kraak dishes, Kangxi period (1661-1722), of klapmuts form, decorated with birds on rocks to the interior, 4 cm high, 23 cm diameter. Provenance: A private collection of Kangxi porcelain, Regional Victoria, the core of this…

Kraak porcelain bowl Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and…

Ming Dynasty Kraak Porcelain Bowl with Blue and White Design

Kraak porcelain bowl Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and white Kraak porselein bowl late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, of deep form with barbed rim, painted on the exterior with alternate flower and bird panels, the interior with a central bird medallion,…

Kraak porselein dish Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and…

Blue and White Kraak Porselein Dish, Ming Dynasty

Kraak porselein dish Ming dynasty, Wanli period A blue and white Kraak porselein dish late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, painted in the centre with a maiden in a garden medallion within a frieze of vignettes, barbed rim, wood stand, 20.8 cm diameter.…

A blue and white Kraak porselein deep dish late Ming dynasty,…

Ming Dynasty Kraak Porcelain Dish with Bird and Rocks

A blue and white Kraak porselein deep dish late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the centre with a bird on rocks in a landscape scene, barbed rim, wood stand, 16.7 cm diameter. Provenance: The Collection of the late Bjarne Nielsen

A pair of blue and white Kraak porselein saucer dishes late…

Blue and White Kraak Porcelain Saucers from Ming Dynasty

A pair of blue and white Kraak porselein saucer dishes late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, each thinly potted and painted with flowering peonies within a frieze of ribboned objects, flower and fruit sprays, 14 cm diameter,. Provenance: Guest & Gray, London,…

A large blue and white Kraak porselein charger late Ming…

Wanli Kraak Charger with Jardiniere and Flowers

A large blue and white Kraak porselein charger late Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the centre painted with a jardiniere of flowers within radiating panels of alternating ribboned objects and flower sprigs, reserved on different diaper grounds, 31.2 cm…

A Chinese Kraak ware plate, from the late Ming dynasty, with…

Ming Dynasty Blue and White Kraak Ware Plate

A Chinese Kraak ware plate, from the late Ming dynasty, with profuse underglaze blue and white decoration on a fine porcelain body. The central medallion depicting deer under a pine. The border in a series of cartouches with motifs of flowers, foliate and…

A Chinese Kraak ware dish, from the late Ming Dynasty, with…

Ming Dynasty Kraak ware dish with underglaze blue decoration

A Chinese Kraak ware dish, from the late Ming Dynasty, with profuse underglaze blue and white decoration over a fine porcelain body. The central medallion of a stork and pine tree surrounded by borders and cartouches of foliate, flowers, fruit and insect…

A blue & white painted large V.O.C charger decorated in Chinese…

Blue & White V.O.C Charger in Chinese 'Kraak'-Style

A blue & white painted large V.O.C charger decorated in Chinese 'Kraak'-style with V.O.C (the Dutch East India Company) logo front and verso diameter 39 cm

Tiny antique Chinese 'Kraak' blue & white teapot Ex R & V…

Antique Chinese Kraak Teapot, Blue & White

Tiny antique Chinese 'Kraak' blue & white teapot Ex R & V Tregaskis Antiques. As inspected. 7.5 cm high.

A Kraak blue and white circular bowl, Chinese for the Dutch…

Kraak blue and white Chinese bowl, 16/17th century

A Kraak blue and white circular bowl, Chinese for the Dutch market, 16/17th century, diameter 21.5 cm

Chinese Kraak porcelain dish - Ming Dynasty painted with blue…

Ming Dynasty Kraak Porcelain Dish with Blue Foliage and Deer

Chinese Kraak porcelain dish - Ming Dynasty painted with blue and white foliage & deer, decoration, diameter 27.5 cm

A Chinese blue and white 'Kraak' type bowl Wanli period,…

Wanli blue and white Kraak bowl with grasshopper

A Chinese blue and white 'Kraak' type bowl Wanli period, decorated to the interior center with a grasshopper resting on a rock under a chrysanthemum, the cavetto decorated with ruyi-shaped reserves painted with flowers. Kiln grit sticking to the edges of…

A large Chinese blue and white Kraak ware foliated rimmed dish,…

Ming Dynasty Blue and White Kraak Ware Dish

A large Chinese blue and white Kraak ware foliated rimmed dish, late Ming Dynasty, 16th century, Decorated with phoenix and floral motifs, 36.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Lawsons, Sydney, 1999

A small Chinese blue and white Ca Mau shipwreck dish, Qing…

Qing Dynasty Blue and White Ca Mau Shipwreck Dish

A small Chinese blue and white Ca Mau shipwreck dish, Qing Dynasty, circa 1725, Yongzheng period, the small moulded Kraak style dish with four floral decorated reserves and centred with a scene of a bird and a butterfly in a garden; with Sotheby's Unicom…

Chinese Ming Dynasty, Wanli period 'Kraak' porcelain charger,…

Ming Dynasty Kraak Charger with Bird and Peach Motif

Chinese Ming Dynasty, Wanli period 'Kraak' porcelain charger, of circular form, with slightly scalloped edge and sloping sides, the interior decorated with panel featuring birds within pond setting, surrounded by reserves of peach sprigs and precious…

A blue and white vase, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the…

Ming Dynasty Blue and White Vase and Bowls

A blue and white vase, Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the pear-shaped body tapering to a tall narrow neck, painted in deep cobalt blue with alternating panels of leaping horses and flowering plants divided by narrow bands, the neck with chased metal mount,…

A large Oriental 'Voc' Dutch East India Company charger, the…

Oriental Kraak Charger with Voc Logo

A large Oriental 'Voc' Dutch East India Company charger, the replica charger decorated in the Chinese kraak style in blue on a celadon grey ground, the wide border with alternate panels of flowers and fungus and centred with the interlocking Voc logo.…

A set of four 'kraak porselein' bowls Ming dynasty, Wanli…

Ming Dynasty Kraak Porcelain Bowls (Set of 4)

A set of four 'kraak porselein' bowls Ming dynasty, Wanli period, (4), each decorated with a central medallion of birds and flowers, or flowers and insects and precious objects, within radiating panels of masks and vignettes, (4), 14.5 cm to 15.5 cm…

Six 17th century Kraak Chinese blue and white porcelain bowls,…

17th Century Kraak Blue & White Porcelain Bowls

Six 17th century Kraak Chinese blue and white porcelain bowls, all with sectioned under glaze blue decoration and brown rims, each with tin plate holders (one repaired). Diameter 16 cm

A Chinese blue and white Kraak bowl, 18th century, with barbed…

18th Century Chinese Kraak Bowl with Deer Panels

A Chinese blue and white Kraak bowl, 18th century, with barbed rim, painted with deer panels around the sides and to the centre, diameter 15 cm

Two blue and white porcelain, one barbed kraak saucer dish…

Ming Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain Collection

Two blue and white porcelain, one barbed kraak saucer dish decorated with floral cartouches, and a water bird on a pond on the interior, also a large deep bowl decorated with a continuous pattern of lotus and animated lions, encircled Chenghua mark on the…

A group of six blue and white Chinese export dishes, Qing…

Chinese Export Blue and White Dishes with Garden Scenes

A group of six blue and white Chinese export dishes, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, five plates in the manner of Wanli kraak ware with partitioned borders to the everted rims with floral designs and patterns, each decorated to the centre with a garden scene…

Five Chinese export blue and white cups, one with dragon design,…

Chinese Blue and White Cups with Kraak Style Design

Five Chinese export blue and white cups, one with dragon design, the others with Kraak style design. A/f. Together with six similar pattern floral rim saucers, mark to base

Two Chinese blue and white Kraak bowls, early 16th century, 14.…

16th Century Chinese Blue and White Kraak Bowls

Two Chinese blue and white Kraak bowls, early 16th century, 14.2 cm diameter

A blue and white 'kraak porselein' dish Ming dynasty, Wanli…

Blue and White Kraak Porcelain Dish, Ming Dynasty

A blue and white 'kraak porselein' dish Ming dynasty, Wanli period, the interior with a central medallion of an insect resting beside a peony flower growing from rockwork, on diaper grounds within alternating ribboned object and flower sprig vignettes, 29…

A 'kraak porselein' blue and white bowl late Ming dynasty, the…

Late Ming Dynasty Blue and White Kraak Bowl

A 'kraak porselein' blue and white bowl late Ming dynasty, the steep sides painted on the exterior with panels of bamboo and fruiting and flowering plants, the interior with floral sprigs encircling a bird medallion, 13 cm diameter

A Chinese blue and white Kraak style dish and four other blue…

Set of Five Blue and White Chinese Dishes

A Chinese blue and white Kraak style dish and four other blue and white dishes, 21 to 15 cm diameter

Two Chinese blue and white circular dishes, one Kraak style 23…

Chinese Blue and White Circular Dishes

Two Chinese blue and white circular dishes, one Kraak style 23 cm diameter, and the other painted with geese 20 cm diameter

Chinese blue and white porcelain items, comprising a Ming style…

Blue and White Porcelain Bowls Set

Chinese blue and white porcelain items, comprising a Ming style floral meander bowl 15 cm diameter and two hexagonal boys bowls 10 cm wide and a small Kraak blue and white barbed porcelain bowl 10 cm diameter. (4 items)

Antique Chinese blue and white kraak charger, approx 36 cm dia

Chinese Kraak Charger, 36cm Blue and White Antique

Antique Chinese blue and white kraak charger, approx 36 cm dia

A Chinese quatrefoil blue and white bottle,Transitional period,…

Chinese Blue and White Quatrefoil Bottle with Silver Mount

A Chinese quatrefoil blue and white bottle,Transitional period, circa 1640. Silver mounted mouth-rim. 24 cm high. Provenance: Vince Massa Collection. F.R. Strange Auctions, 26/3/1984, *see Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain' for a similar example

Exceptionally rare 17th or early 18th century copy of a Chinese…

Rare Chinese Kraak Design Dish, 17th/18th Century

Exceptionally rare 17th or early 18th century copy of a Chinese Kraak design dish, with floral borders and panels. The underside with underglaze blue vines and a central encased cross mark. Three spur marks which separated the plate from the one below…

FIVE Chinese export blue. and white cups. One with dragon…

Chinese Blue and White Cups with Saucers

FIVE Chinese export blue. and white cups. One with dragon design, the others with Kraak style design. A/f. Together with six similar pattern. Floral rim saucers, mark to base

Early 18th century (Kangxi period) Chinese export dish.…

Kangxi Export Dish with Kraak Design

Early 18th century (Kangxi period) Chinese export dish. Decorated in a variant of Kraak design with paneled floral borders. The underside with underglaze blue vines and a double circular ring containing a small cross encased mark. Several small rim chips…

Early 18th century Chinese export shallow bowl. Underglaze blue…

18th Century Chinese Export Blue Floral Bowl

Early 18th century Chinese export shallow bowl. Underglaze blue decorated in a variant of the Kraak design of flowers within panels. The underside with a floral chain. Minor firing faults. Diameter 16 cm

A c. 17th century Chinese Kraak porcelain blue & white bowl.…

17th c. Chinese Kraak porcelain blue & white bowl (13cm)

A c. 17th century Chinese Kraak porcelain blue & white bowl. Diameter 13 cm

Small Chinese porcelain stemmed sauce dish, decorated with…

Kraak Style Porcelain Sauce Dish

Small Chinese porcelain stemmed sauce dish, decorated with Kraak style floral panels, no glaze on the foot. Diameter 8 cm

Chinese porcelain soup bowl, decorated with 18th century.Kraak…

18th Century Kraak Style Chinese Porcelain Soup Bowl

Chinese porcelain soup bowl, decorated with 18th century.Kraak style panels. Shop mark underneath, minor fritting. Diameter 20 cm

Chinese porcelain saucer dish, decorated in the Kangxi manner…

Kangxi-style Porcelain Dish with Guangxu Mark

Chinese porcelain saucer dish, decorated in the Kangxi manner of kraak style panels, the underside bearing a six character Guangxu reign mark. No obvious faults. Diameter 13 cm

A Chinese quatrefoil blue and white bottle, Transitional period,…

Chinese Blue and White Quatrefoil Bottle with Silver Mounting

A Chinese quatrefoil blue and white bottle, Transitional period, circa 1640, silver mounted mouth-rim. 24 cm high. Provenance: F.R. Strange Auctions, 26/3/1084, *see Maura Rinaldi, 'Kraak Porcelain' for a similar example

Wanli/Chongzhen period (1573-1644), Chinese blue and white…

Chinese Kraak Dish, Wanli/Chongzhen Period

Wanli/Chongzhen period (1573-1644), Chinese blue and white Kraak dish. Provenance: from a private collection. Diameter 30.5 cm

Large Wanli period (1573-1620), Chinese blue and white Kraak…

Wanli Kraak Bowl - Blue and White

Large Wanli period (1573-1620), Chinese blue and white Kraak bowl. Provenance: from a private collection. Diameter 26.5 cm