Description
Description: Chinese porcelain big plate with barbed rim, decorated in underglaze blue with a typical kraak decoration border and the five flaming wheels or Chakras as main motif at the bottom.
Dating: 17th century, Wanli, Ming dynasty.
Size: 28.2 cm diameter
Provenance: Antiquarian market
References: The penultimate picture here is of the painting “Sense of Sight”, from Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens (one of the “Five senses” cycle of paintings at the Prado Museum), showing the Kunstkammer of the Archduke Albert of Austria and his wife Isabella Clara. On the right hand of the upper shelf of the rack seen on the left side of the painting, there is a kraak plate of the same type of our one, better seen in the detail of the last picture.
Notes: From Wikipedia:
“Chakras are various focal points used in a variety of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, or the esoteric or inner traditions of Hinduism. The idea behind Chakra is found in the early traditions of Hinduism. Beliefs differ between the Indian religions, with many Buddhist texts consistently mentioning five chakras, while Hindu sources reference six or seven. Early Sanskrit texts speak of them both as meditative visualizations combining flowers and mantras and as physical entities in the body. Within Kundalini yoga, the techniques of breathing exercises, visualizations, mudras, bandhas, kriyas, and mantras are focused on manipulating the flow of subtle energy through chakras”.
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