A Very Fine Late Ming Blue & White Jingdezhen (Kosometsuke) Square Serving Dish
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A Very Fine Late Ming Blue & White Jingdezhen (Kosometsuke) Square Serving Dish:
$850.00
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A Fine Late Ming Blue And White Export Square Mukōzuké Serving Dish
Jingdezhen ware (Kosométsuké), Tianqi/Chongzhen, c.1620-1635
very typically heavily potted minyao white porcelain of square form with a wide everted rim and gently curved sides raised on thick square foot, the interior painted in fine bright underglaze cobalt blue with a central double-square panel depicting an extensive riverscape with a solitary figure standing on the riverbank with rockwork and withered tree, two crafts on the foreground, a rocky promontory on the middle ground, a rocky mountain in the distance, the cavetto encircled by flowering sprays, the square rim decorated in darker cobalt blue with flowerheads and scrolling of foliage reserved on lighter cobalt-blue ground, the underside sparsely decorated with sprays of water grass, some kiln-grit adhering to the exterior and interior of the deeply bevelled footring with its edge burnt red, some kiln-grit adhering to the front, heavy mushikui frits to the edge of the glazed rim (as promised), kiln imperfections to the glaze with some glaze sticks to the front, some crazed lines to the underside of the rim (not visible from the front), the rim slightly warped, covered with a pale blue tinged thick glaze in darker hues where thick, some firing cracks, the square dish with its old fitted wood storage box inscribed in ink with "nankin sométsuké kakuzara" to the exterior of the lid, another ink inscription plus an old paper label to the sides of the box, an old ink inscribed note on washi paper, a cloth wrap
The heavily potted atsudé type square porcelain dish is thought to have been manufactured in a private Jingdezhen kiln some time between the late Tianqi and Chongzhen periods very specifically for the Japanese market. The serving dish is an heirloom piece, as it is believed to have been with its very old fitted wood storage box made specifically for storing it in the Edo period and handed down from generation to generation. A letter enclosed in the box is inscribed in ink implies that a set of ten was used for the tea ceremony and the current lot appears to be one of them. The current lot is a slightly earlier Jingdezhen piece than the one that was previously sold here. .
Approximate measurements
16.3 x 16.2 cm (6.41 x 6.37 in) maximum wide, 3.3 cm (1.29 in) maximum high
Condition
Very tipical glaze chips developed from the edge of fritted rim unless otherwise undamaged with no chips, cracks and restoration. Very good ring when tapped. Some old wear to the glaze in general use. The old fitted storage box is very worn in frequent use.
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$1.00 USD = 104.658 JPY, 23 October 2014 JST based on the latest PayPal\'s official exchange rate)
Estimated packed weight of shipment: 1,250-1,500 grammes
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A Very Fine Late Ming Blue & White Jingdezhen (Kosometsuke) Square Serving Dish:
$850.00