TWO CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

TWO CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

TIANQI OR LATER, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER

Both with a foliate body and decorated in underglaze blue, the first painted with seven flowerheads, the border with alternating panels of lotus and other blossoms, the underside painted with lines of dots and a central mark for Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi; the other with a free-standing screen decorated with a rabbit underneath a full moon, with auspicious symbols around it, the rim and the underside with floral designs, 21.1cm and 18.8cm respectively. (2)