A RARE CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISH FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

A RARE CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISH FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

17TH CENTURY

The small foliate dish painted with a plump hare on a bed of grass and with lingzhi above, the spiky grass blades reminiscent of a chestnut burr; with minute kintsugi gold lacquer repairs to the rim, 12cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.